We are glad to welcome the collection of Mr. C.
L. Graves's poems which has just been published by Messrs. Sidgwick and Jackson under the title of War's Surprises, and other Verses (3s. fid. not). As so many of the poems in this volume appeared originally in these columns, and for other obvious reasons, we shall refrain from long or detailed criticism. We are grateful, however, for the opportunity thus afforded to us to back our unaltered verdict—a verdict, by the way, which is endorsed by Mr. Punch and other distinguished contemporaries—and to wish Mr. Graves's book " God-speed." Spectator readers will enjoy renewing their acquaintance with the charming " Oxford " poems, no less than they will delight in the humour of " A Song of Discipleship," "The Passing of the Cow," " The Total Prohibition of Adjectives," and other " Irrational Rhymes." Mr. Graves's success in " mixing the grave with the gay " has already gained him a wide public. We hope that the publication of the present volume of verse will do much to extend it.
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