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TMJ5 IMIA.AhOL,iS JOLKAAL, AuV i.uutK 27, PART TWO, Poetry Old and New .451 OLD WEKTHKART OF When one begins to talk favorite and popular poems by James Whitcomb Riley, the list speedily becomes long. There ia no one favorite above all others, no two, no ten. But it seem? altogether probable that no person in making out such a list for himself would omit "An Old Sweetheart," or, as many know it better. "That Old Sweetheart of Mine;" or would fail to put it among the first. Away back in the seventies, when the poem made its first appearance in the columns of the Indianapolis Journal, it attracted immediate attention, was copied far and wide, and added much to the growing fame of the then but little known young writer.

Later, when the poet went upon the platform he Included this production in his repertory and it came to pass that when he did not name it in any given programme the audit nces called for it. Though they had heard it once, they wished to hear it again, and yet again. There was that in the blending of gentle humor, pathos and sentiment that caught the common fancy, and lew of Mr. Riley's admirers but find stanzas of the sweet, old poem lingering in their memory. To dream the old dram ovr is a luxury divine When my truant fancy wanders with that old Sweetheart of mine.

sees And again I feel the pressure of her slender little hand As we used to talk together of the future we had planned When I should be a poet, and with nothing else to do But write the tender verses that she set the music to. When I should be her lover forever and a day, And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden hair was gray. And we should be so happy that when either's Hps were dumb, They would not smile In heaven till the other's kiss had come-But those who were acquainted with the poem as it appears in print often had a sense of unfamlllarity with the lines as they were recited in th author's expressive and Inimitable style and going home, sought the poem and reread it in a puzzled way. It is now made known that the version in the books differs from the one used for recitation in that the latter includes seven additional stanzas, not all at the beginning or end. but scattered through It.

So long as he continued to use it in his public readings Mr. Riley declined to permit the publication of the complete poem. Now that he has virtually retired from the lecture field, however, his publishers, the Bowen-Merrtll Company, have gained his consent to its use, and have taken advantage of the privilege to Issue it in a volume by itself and in most elaborate and decorative holiday form. The cover is de-slgned by G. Alden Pierson, the decoration of the pages by Virginia Keep, and the full-page illustrations, one for each stanza, are the work of Howard Chandler Christy.

These drawings are in delicate tints and show the popular artist at his best. Altogether the volume ia one of the most artistic of all the Christmas books, and undoubtedly the handsomest ever Issued by this house. While it would be unfair to reprint here all the additional stanzas, theso two may be offered simply to show how well they keep the spirit of the original lines: childhood days enchanted! the magic of the spring! With all green boughs to blossom white, and all bluebirds to sing When all the air to toss and quaff, made life a JuMlee. And changed the children's shout and laugh to shrieks of ecstasy. With eyes half closed In clouds that ooze from lips that taste, as well.

The peppermint and cinnamon. I hear the old schocl-bell. And from t- rmp in aaln from "Plack-man's" broken line To smile, behind my reader, at that old sweetheart of mine. The book bears this graceful dedication: "Inscribed to George C. Hitt, the beginning of whose steadfast friendship was marked by the first publication of these verses which now, expanded by writer, honored by publisher, and masterfully graced by artist, seem to be a worthier symbol of the author's grateful and affectionate regard for his earliest friend." The fortunate possessors of copies of the first edition of Mr.

Riley's first book the tiny parchment-covered volume entitled "The Old wimmin' Hole and Leven More Poems '-will recall in this connection that it bears as its publisher's imprint the name. "George C. Hitt." The volume will be ready for the public next week and will undoubtedly be in great demand. UP FROM GEORGIA. Everyone who reads the newspapers is familiar vith Frank L.

Stanton's verse. H- is a poet who sings as the bird sings, because his emotions find easy and natural expression that way. Nearly every day of the year, in the newspaper with which he hi connected, is to be found at least a stanza or two, musical sweet, and for the most part Joyous. Cheeriness, indeed, is one of the characteristics of his verse, and puts them in this respect in marked contrast with the work of contemporary writers, too many of whom take a morbid view of life. As he himself says, "The world has need" of comforting song.

Chorus of singers! The world hath need Of the humbler strains that fall On the wayside lone on the paths that lead To the light that shines for all. Into a little volume entitled "Up From Georgia" Mr. Stanton has collected many of his recent poems. Of the number not a few are in dialect, but wisely he seems to have given the preference to more dignified verse, snd these show him at his best. He sings of simple things, of common experiences and feelings; his range is not wide, but he has the note of sincerity and spontaneity that makes his songs often more effective than the more studied and formal utterances of poets who rank higher in the estimation of literary purists and critics.

The "human element" is strong in his verse. Most of his dialect poems represent negro speech, and his sense of humor and sympathy with the ways of the black people give such productions a pleasing They sing themselves. But perhaps this more serious poem, but which yet Is truly "A Song of Hope." best represents the author: Nicht, and no star To guide the weary and the wandering feet-And yet I know somewhere the lights shine far And breaks the morning sweet. Night, and black skies Above the brave ships tossing on the foam; Aad yet I know somewhere the harbor lies Radiant with Love and Home! Night-but for me Still IWrht! Muht! light! when darkest storms shall ceae; lonely Und! black, tempestuous sea 1 pass from you to Peace! Mr. Stanton is one of the minor poets whom It is well to know.

His book Is published by the Appletons. TREAftl RY OF III MOROl POETRY. Frederick Lawrence Knowles. himself a poet of no mean caliber, has already proved his capacity aa editor and compiler In two previous collections. "The Golden Treasury of American Lyrics" and "A Year Book of Famous Lyrics." This latest volume from his industrious hand Is a compilation of Witty, facetious and satirical verse, selected from the writings of British and American poets.

In a preface Mr. Knowles explains that he has not undertaken to show the development of humorous poetry and trace its progress from the beginnings of Htsrature, but to please the taste of the general reader rather than the historical student by Including tor the most part selections from nineteenth century writers of a character to suit the modern taste. At the same time he has given preference to verse which seems most likely to have an element of permanent interest. A glance through the pages shows that he has carried out his purpose admirably. In a volume of 400 pages many writers and many varieties of humor are necessarily repre- L-l 1 Riley's "Old Sweetheart" sented, and what is amusing to one reader may not be so to another.

In fact, a volume of this sort should be taken up only In brief moments of leisure. Continuous humor tends to convey a sense of melancholy, and humorous verse is at its best in small quantities. As a book of reference, however, for those in search of witty or satirical rhymes, dealing with many themes, this "Treasury" fills a distinct want. The compiler notes that some of the most eminent of English and American poets are singularly lacking In humorous compositions. Nevertheless, the range in this compilation is wide, including, as it docs, writers so far apart in thought and style as Richard Harris Barham, Robert Browning, H.

O. Bunner, Lewis Carroll, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, Samuel Minturn Peck, John G. Saxe. Eugene Ware. P.

Willis and Carolyn Wells. Some of the poems are gathered from periodicals, being but casual productions of the respective authors, and are here very properly given a permanent form. A few are unidentified as to authorship, among them that familiar production, "The Modern Belle," beginning: She sits In a fashionable parlor. And rocks In her easy chair; She is clad In silks and satins, And Jewels art- in her hair. Another of the unidentified is the clever "Origin of Ireland," which starts out thus: With due condescension.

I'd call your attention To what I shall mention of Erin so green. And without hesitation I will show how that nation Became of creation the gem and the queen. The book is a useful one and should be in every reference library. It is handsomely printed and contains numerous portrait illustrations. The place of honor Is given to Riley, Field, Holmes, Lowell and Harte, the portraits of these five appearing on the frontispiece.

Dana Estes publishers. RHYMES AHH ROl DELAYS. Much graceful, light verse Is contributed to Life, and the publishers of that periodical have gathered the choicest bits those that deserve a more permanent place than the pages of a periodical and have placed them in a little volume which they have called "Rhymes and Roundelays." A large number of writers are represented, some of them by several poems, but the majority by one each. The names attached are mostly well known to the readers of periodical literature Oliver rford, Madeline Bridges, Guy Wetmore Carryl, Tom Mas-son. Theodosia Garrison, Carolyn Wells, Clinton Soollard.

Frank R. Batchelder. and so on. The collection illustrates very effectively the light touch and airy grace possessed by a host of American writers of verse. Here is a fragment by Mrs.

Emma Carleton better known to the Journal readers as a writer of clever prose: Iove's such a fool! He'll grow and thrive On Just the simplest fare alive: A glance, a word, a tricing touch. Will find his system much too much. Love's such a fool! When all is o'er. And Fate hath clanged her leaden door When Hope no shred of sustenance Rives, On ghosts of Joy the blockhead lives. Numerous dainty illustrations add to the attractiveness of the volume.

GOLDEN MMBEItS. A subtitle of this work designates It as a "book of verse for youth," but the limitation is hardly fair for most of the poems it contains have as much interest for adults as for youth, being of a kind that possess the perennial charm of true poetry. In literature as in real life the spirit of youth may outlast the period of youthfulness, and after all it is the spirit that counts. The compilers of the volume. Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald, must have been surprised to discover what a great number of short poems there are by English and American authors which strike the note that awakens a response in young hearts with mature thought, and in old hearts with young feelings.

This volume of nearly TOO pages contains poems by one hundred and seventy-five different authors. English and Amen and from one or two to a dosen or fifteen poems by each. A large majority of the authors represented are classic or standard as Shakspeare. Byron. Browning.

n-nyson. Burns, Emerson, Gray. Goldsmith. John Hay. Helen Hunt.

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Jean ingelow. Robert Burns, Longfellow. Whittier. Lowell.

Aldrlch. Whitman. James Whitcomb Riley. Joaquin Miller, Bryant. Charles Lamb, John Milton.

Sir Walter Scott. Shelley. Spenser. Wordsworth and a host of other Turning over the leaves one finds a great many long established favorite poems by well-known authors, and a large number almost equally as good, not quite as well known Thus one finds such poems as Shelley's "Skylark," Emerson's "Snow Storm." Wordsworth's "Daffodils." Keats Leigh Hunt's "Ben Adhem," Longfellow's "Harvest Moon." Lord Macaulay's "Tory," Milton's "Evening in Paradise," Scott's "Lochinvar," Tennyson's "The Brook," Wordsworth's "We are Seven." Walt Whitman Captain, and other classics, side by side with beautiful poems which one has forgotten or which one reads now for the first time; but there is not a single poem that does not fit in the collection. The poems are classified and arranged under the following heads: "A Chanted Calendar." "The World Beautiful," Green Things Growing." "On the Wing," "The Inglenook," "Fairy Songs and Songs of Fancy," I "Sports and Pastimes." "A Garden of Girls," "The World of Waters." "For Home and Country." "New World and Old Glory," "In Merry Mood." "Story Poems." "When Banners are Waving." "Tales of the Olden Time," "Life Lessons." "The Glad Evangel." Many of the finest and freshest poems in the collection are republished by permission of firms who hold copyrights to the works of the authors or from the best periodicals of the day.

Each one of the classifications above named is preceded by an interleaf with a page of appropriate prose by Katie Douglas Wiggin, who also contributes a charming and appropriate introduction to the entire volume. As an anthological tribute to English and American poets, containing the best by the best, the book is most complete and satisfactory It is published by McClure. Phillips in a form so attractive as to make it appropriate for a gift book. SONGS OF TWO EMI HIES. Will Carletcn.

author of this volume of verse, explains the title by saying that the poems were written partly in the nineteenth and partly in the twentieth century. He expresses the hope that his book carries with it something of the spirit of the century not long past, and may aid In some measure the aspirations of the one that is now upon us. The public first became acquaint, with Mr. Carleton through his "Farm Ballads," productions that caught the popular fancy and gave the author considerable reputation. He tells a story in rhyme with much facility, and the characteristics of those once familiar ballad3.

"Over the Hill to the Poor-house" and "Betsy and I Are Out" are to be found in a number of the productions In this volume "The Old Christmas Dinner," "Farmer Stebblns at the Fair," "The Thanksgiving Dance," "Uncle Jake's Thanksgiving." "Fixing the Clock. l'he Maid of the Mountains," etc. The contents of the volume are classified somewhat unnecessarily under various heads, as "Songs of Home Life," "Songs of the Rivers," "Songs of the Mountains." "Sougs of the Nation." etc. Among the last is a tribute to "Greater America." which, perhaps, fairly represents the author's style. It runs thus: Greater America stronger America Wide as the world thy beneficent fame; Child of the earth's grandest struggle for liberty Hope ever smies at the sound of thy name! Greater America wider America Ever the stronger and ever the same.

Mr. Carleton's verse belongs to the popular class; it deals with commonplace things and commonplace sentiments, but presents them in smooth rhyme and simple phrase a combination that pleases a greater number of readers than higher and more ambitions flights. The volume, which is embellished by numerous half-tones and is handsomely printed, will undoubtedly be well received. Harper or New York. EVERY DAY IX THE YEAR.

From Dodd. Mead Co. comes a volume containing what its editors. James L. Ford and Mary K.

Ford, call "A Poetical Epitome of the World's History." It is not an uncommon thing to find a volume of poetical or prose excerpts arranged in daily portions each headed with a date commemorating some event in history, the quotations, however, having no bearing whatever upon the events so specified. Such collections and arrangements are usually of English origin and cause the reader to wonder for what purpose or upon what theory the compilations were made. This work is quite different from those described since the poem or poems quoted under any given date have direct relation to the occurrence specified as having taken place on that day In some past year. For example, on Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation.

This fact is noted under date of Jan. 1, and immediately following appear John G. Whittier's and Balph Waldo Emerson's poems on that profoundly significant act. Also, and having simple relation to the first day of the year, are poems by Campbell Praid and H. C.

Bunner. On Jan. 1815, the battle of New Orleans was fought and under this date is Thomas Dunn English's poem celebrating the btavery of Andrew Jackson on that occasion. Several things have happened on May 1, among them the destruction of the Spanish fleet by Dewey in Manila bay, and Mr. R.

V. Risley writes history rhythmically thus: He busted up their batteries and sank eleven ships (He knew what he was doing, every bit:) He set the Maxims going like a hundred cracking whips. And every -hot that crackled was a hit. He hmke 'en and he done 'em, and he didn't can at all. He only liked to do as he was bid; He Crumpled uj their squadron and their batteries and all He know he had to lick 'em.

and he did. Dickens died June 9. 1S70, and under that line is Bret Harte tribute to the author of "Little Nell." And on that grave whre English oak and holly And laurel wreaths entwine. Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly This spray of Western pine. And so it goes throughout the volume a memorial or a descriptive poem to fit an Riley's "Old Sweetheart" occasion on every day of the year.

Some of the poems are familiar ones by well-known writers, some by obscure authors, but worth preserving. The collection is unique and useful suited to the needs of teachers, lecturers and students as well as those of the general reader. Its usefulness is enhanced by the addition of a good index. THE RECORD OF A YEAR. Some of the otnble Successes of nn Indiana Publishing; Hoaae.

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