Men and Matters. By Wilfrid Ward. (Longmans and Co. 12s.
6d. net.)—All Mr. Ward's review articles stand out above the average level of ephemeral writing, because he has a very distinctive cast of thought and an attractive style of endow- ing his purposes with words. The essays now reprinted were well worth collecting and will repay perusal. Beet of all, perhaps, is the graceful sketch of Tennyson in his Freshwater days. We may quote a touching story of the way in which the beautiful verses called "In the Garden at Swainston7 came to be written on the day of Sir JohnSintemes
" Tennyson' . asked Sir John's eldest hey . . . ?to giveltins an old hat andeloak of his father's and hia.pipe, 'Come forme yourself: he added, *when it is time 'to -Start, end _Sotrot send p. servant:' YOU130611101)./i ammo Ow Abb b- ilandiamitsedosad found Tennyson smoking his father's pipe and wearing his father's hat and cloak, stretched at full length under a tree in the garden, the tears streaming from his eyes, and the MS. of the poem -written."
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