A Celtic Psaltery. By Alfred Perceval Graves. (S.P.C.K. Os. net.)—The
first half of this interesting volume contains verse render. ings of Irish and Welsh poems, while in the second half are col- lected some of Mr. Graves's original verses, in various manners, including, we are glad to note, his immortal " Father O'Flynn."
The old Irish religious poems include " St. Columba's Greeting to Ireland," which has the genuine patriotic note, and the very human verses " On the Flightiness of Thought " and " The Monk and his White Cat." The Welsh poems include specimens of George Borrow's favourites, Dafydd ab Gwilym, Huw Morus the Cavalier, and Elis Win, whose " Counsel in View of Death " is the most im. pressive piece in the whole volume, as well as some modern poetry by Elect Lewis, Eifion Wyn, and others. Mr. Graves says that he has attempted to reproduce the original metres ; we can testify at least to the variety and interest of his metrical experiments, which suggest that Welsh is worth learning for the sake of its poetry.
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