3 DECEMBER 1864, Page 21

The Sunday Book of Poetry. Selected and arranged by C.

F. Alex- ander. (Macmillan and Co.)--A well•selected volume of sacred poetry, which excludes neither Milton nor Roble, Toplacly nor Crashaw, Herbert nor Cowper. And we entirely agree with the principle which puts good poetry into the hands of children, and not namby-pamby supposed to be adapted to their weakness. Children easily understand and follow, as the author says, a high 2rder of narrative poetry. Not so what is subtle or metaphysical, but this sort of composition has been carefully excluded. The book itself is a very pretty one, and well suited for a present.