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FOWLS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.—The Children's Garland of Verse. Gathered by

Grace Rhys (J. M. Dent and Son. 7s. 6d. net.)—An attractive anthology. It is a pity that modern poetry is not more liberally represented, but the book is in advance of most anthologies in admitting it at all.—The Watchers on Gallipoli. By G. C. Duggan. (Dublin : Hodges, Figgis and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Not very good poetry, but written with a certain scholarliness and simplicity which makes it attractive.—" 0 Mei" Moon. By Alan W. Simms Lee. (Erskine Macdonald. 5s. net.)—A good book of translations or adaptations from Chinese, second only to Mr. Arthur Waloy's renderings. The modern Chinese poems are interesting. The reader will find half a dozen poems of real beauty in the little book.—Catherine. By R. C. K. Ensor. (Sidgwick and Jackson. 4s. net.)—An epic prefaced by the author's aesthetic creed. The poetic is less successful than the dramatic element in the poem. Mr. Ensor often drops into pathetic language, but never into narrative anti-climax. Tho poem is worth reading.—Rovings. By C. Fox Smith. (Elkin Mathews. 6s. net.)—Pleasant, swinging sea ballads. Few of Miss Fox Smith's readers will probably mind if they are a little mechanical and undistinguished.