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TEE! NEW YORK TDSE3 BOOK REVIEW, MAY 9, 243 QUERIES AND ANSWERS Hie Doubtful Plays of' Shakespeare in'd Why They Were Attributed to Him Forgotten Verse by a Well Known Qyil War Poet rdMIINot(IOH thtf MbMU skoald ke d4eeesd I BdUor Caerire m4 Aaewers, lsw Timed Rrritw or Boofc JT $kU Side IA paper aU'nul cotlo nam. address of (Ae ea-er preere, eit4alff Jy prtnfed th Ik k. A rm voil lira th nam t.xtt the poem and lt author from which thee opening ln-a ara quoted? Move- my armchair, ful rornpey, In the eunaMne.wann.JU'd "Hit poeut for which our corresporj dent asks I On the Bhores of Ten- BMt4," which was written by Ethel Lrnn Btwra. The (Mm la too long" for our apaxse. The flt atafliA rea4 a foUowt tt rova my arrmair, faithful Pompey la the aunshlne bright and strong.

For thla world la fading. Ma won't with you long: And I fain would har tha aouth wind Tiring once more the sound to me. Of waveleta aoftly breaking JJy the shores ol. Twmeaaee. The author of the song.Mra.

Ethe UndV (CTIot) Beers, wrote under. the "name of Ethel Lynn Beer. She was born In Goshen. N. in 1827.

and dfd In Orange. N. J.i in 18T9. ra'a beat known poem la All Quiet Along the Potomac," which firal arpoiired In Harper's Weekly Sept. 50.

lttCV under the title The; Picket It la printed In Btedman's "American Anthology and In other eolation of. Catndcn'g "Britannia" T. It. A. Will you kindly tell me something about, a bok (-ailed writtfn by William Camden and publlnhcd by Stockdale In London T.

"Wnilam' Caniden'a Britannia, or Deatrlptlon of Great waa written hy him InlAtin and waa pub lUpcd in ISM. hare bean a sum- ber of edition "of thfa boo The trana latlon of It by EJmotvd Olbaon, Lomlon, IROfl, In returnee, haa brotigtit at auction from $7 to" US. Camden waa born In 1361 and died In 1E3. la Ida moat important work and la a moat Manful lie ele wrote in Latin "The Annate of the of JCUaa-beth." lie founded the Camden Pro feawu-ahip of History at Oaford, of which unlveralty he waa 4 fraduate; There jl well-know a. literaxx aockety in England called after bJm.

Italian Rhapaody A A. Robert rjndflrwood Johneon. in his "Italian Rhapsody." haa some relating to ine rouniain. in Ilome. Will you kln.lly quote thfm tor ma.

as I am unable to remem- br the etansal I oelleve these verse are at th end of th poemt In tears I toased my ooln from Tre- 'A coin unxmlld aa a bond of lov And. wlih the Instinct of the horn' Ing dova. 1 I aav to Konte mv readeavoua a ad plena. knd when tmper Has quenrhii mr flame of roe loin the faithful ahada that throng that fount above. Tie entlr poem' ia printed la Steven son's "Horn Book of Pub- lUkd ky 'Henry Holt a Co.

Irvlne'a -Waahlartoa TJIOPA MOODT-f have four" vol- iiims of Wsfhlnston lrvlnra UT KT iiforr Washington." published by 1. uloim. with enaraved Ul I rations. In a very good state of rrnwrtlan also three rtiums of 1 a Curtltta of Utararure." ruLiiiih'd Is lli re aay value to tiiwe old bok7 Irvlnr's Ufe George Washing. ton," fire volumes.

New York. lC-- 10. bring at. auctioet from tS lo fit. IsAae iriirarirs Curioaitlea of Lit- rrsture," Ti1oa.

IS), als velumea. lima aulJ tor We find no report of tha sale of the IVU edition. la Rom T. fl llrase Inform of the erlcla rt h-n tn Ilome it muil Uo aa the lumn TT of the saying la not dfl- r.iilr n-n. lo Dn QuIiH (MottruL- tran4lln) the proverb la founJ In Iart Chsrt'f M.

ru When thou ari at Borne, Ao as lhy at Rm." In 'Aestotny cf ST-Urhol It Is finin.1 la this sii.t.ty diff-reot friMi they rr si Home they do there aa lky nf." ansit.s rnoM LCt r.Li- T. rVKlilCTT-The He l. kr M. ruff in. Tni rK llrrtww of April form the i "T-rrwtnn, ry 1 1 Tir j- it i wnl In Ir.

van lte rirms I ITuil.Wrs an-l Cthr I ln Tf sr. a I V. Vta 1 i -nj It rcf i I sr I of Teonyaoa'a InXdrmaUon About thla poem haa been referred from Joaephlne IUce Creelman, Auburn. K. T.

Gertrude K. Brlahata, Stoaefla. I Marjorle H. Fordhaia, N. T.i ohn S.

Kor croaa, BrooUyni Beyrooor Capakln, Ne i A--' Kmerao- Palmer, Brooklyn Molly Ufahita, New York. and'lr. Robert Trualow, Hartford, GoTden EDITH 8T. JOHN WAIXING I would like to call your attention to an Incorrect atatement by James ley, who aaya the llnea quoted by In Th Book IUvurt of Dec. 21 are from The Golden Legend, by a writer of the thirteenth ceaUry named James do Vora fine.

A a matter of fact they are from The Golden Lerf d' by Henry, Wadaworth Ingfel our': owa and are to be found on Page 671 pf the Houghton Mifflin edition of hla poems, and are addreesed by Prince Henry to' Ehde. The Golden Legend la part of the epic oetn ChrlatuaA Mystery." Radiant Morn ''Zi MABqARET McSWEENEf In an swer to the inquhy of Margaret E. Clark regarding the poem beginning "Aboye the edge appear to laneea of jthe which appeared In Tux Toina Book, Rbvikw, I would aay tiiat th line were written by Henry van Dyke. The- poem a called Ra diant and haa been set to music. An arrangement fory-'Tolce.

atring quartetfand planojappeared. on one of the programs given at the Berkshire Festival of Chamber Music, last nn! A -C-J la D. 8. in your issue of April the an epitah foundan tha tombone of an In Barnwell Churchyard, near Cam ed on the oooaaiea death. Oct.

m. JL'hS th. men iiuiwv, nvmn English poet, dated about -1630 i the same line were also attributed to rranela Quarlea, as they were con tained In a book of hU poema Called Divine published la lou. The Weary Pilgrim verse, as weU aa another quoted below, haa a local algnlflcanca in Cleveland from the fact that years ago they war Inacribed. one on th dining room and the other on the amoklnr rooeri.

epeh fireplace of th Weddell House, once a famoua Th other Una are! Man's life is like a Winter's' day Bom only trreakfast and awayi Others to dinner atay and are full led. 'The eldest anaa but sups and goe to bed. Lonir I hla life who lingers out tha Who pj th soonest haa tb least A TaTera la tac Tawa AtJTtKD PltrCKA requeet was re cently made la your columns by Mary Archer ICaapp fr th words at th song which perrina. There a Uvera la the town. are givea aera with: TherV a 'tavern la the town.

Aad there any mm an su 1 And drinks hla wlae mld laughter And never, never think of me. rare the well, for I must leave. I Km. not Ut the parting grieve theei And rmn)br that the best or frbnili must oart! ad lu. kind frtenda, adieu.

ran no lurts-or etay with yj -'U hang my harp ea a weeping wll low tre. And may th world wen wna tbe. He Uft me for a damsel dark. Uh ynaay aigm wy n- park. Aiul ua wnr IaV.

tru to ma. Takeenh! dark damsel his knee. Oh I dig my grave both wide aad oP. Put torn nbxrtenea at my head and fC Aad on my brreet carve, a turtle algnUy I died of love. I oV not know the'aeme 'ef the au thor: the frxig te be rouexi in in Toronto University Song Book, lsud Dvcrttthar.

IM7, publUhed by I. Suck ling a Poo, Toronto, UTl. C3ly of Prsfue ANNA. C. LAWJe-Ia yeur k-eu of Marvh 1 A.

T. II. axs gov in auvsr of the st4r.se at Ue opmlng ef ioa- ard W-rrt. a Conrad la Oueet of Youth." The aether WUUesa Jf. fery Irs hs-jstui.

mihm wrltsr of humoroue vert. Th etsaa. poatrd Is the third ef the pe-fm, "The Oiy Pre rue. The r-m ra be found la Tlie pote and re-'ry ef th C-nt-ry. ediud 1 Airrl II.

Xni (rtirMa- In lh votjm. "Iljmoroua, Sety, a4 tV-al rakl Ve." Trb- mcbeUa'a Ketao and 8yot ttDff etth 9taM kfTael by the late W. J. Prowa. Tbeao hooka aaay peaaCMy he tjboajd) la Tot-re Ukrartea.

BKUtX THORTX PURDT-kUy I orrert your ajuwer to S. P. uerr la your fawuo of March Ut X. P. B.

aako for 4 poem, "eraaaleav the Ooldetk" -f which, ah. uotaa three tinea. Tow refer her to a hymn by the aaxne name, takoa froaa Tha Cdeotlal Country," a loac poata by Bernard of Quay. Neither hymn aor tha longer poem contains the llnea ah quota. They are from another Jaruaalem.

tha written by Gerald Mae-aey. aa Bnallab poet and KgyptoiogUt, who waa bora la 1828 and died in 1907. APPEALS TO READERS Jir. the of JOHNKON-I want a list of the to-callod Doubtful' Playe Shakeapearo and Information a to who puhliabee them. I would Bke to know, also, why these piaya ware originally attributed to Bhake- apeare.

and why they ar pot how in cluded among hla worka. Poemg, y. ntNlCT Where can I find an 11, nt o( COntroverny that waa i ovc. tb, authorship of Oa- tlua poema Mt Win you tell me, whether Oaalan la now generally aa the author of theae poema and what is known about hlmt vJ r-J rualde the Sea'" I Wl WILCOX-l would appreciate the favor if any of your readers would kindly teU me who is the author of th- poem beginning Beside the aeai I watch the" rialng While "awift to land the 'silver rlp-pies glide, --j Ahd aU fiie glory the walUng ahor eddying watera aUently restore. "Jsck Hsrkawar P.

C. MAROSKB-About fifteen or sixteen years ago there waa published in a New York paper and I am sure It waa Thi Tmaa. a tniwiw to Harkaway." whoaa right namo. rjZl TTT .71 TtT. Ku waa in the form of a poem, and 1.

uliiit Jk time Hemyng died. I am anxious I to obtain a copy. Can any of your reader a-edat mt "v.V Tha Robin's Weddiaff ELAINE INQKRSOLte-Can any of your readers tell me th author of "Ohe Robln't. Wedding and giro the complete poemT I can only remambar tb first ataaaa, which la as rollows: Young Robin Redbreast had a beaur An' he aayato hla love, as 1m, r-. It's ready now on a rocking bough la th top or tna mapte tree I re lined tt with down of the velvet brown Oa th waist a bumbl be.

Suffer FeaU Gladly A. A. B. Can aay of your readers tall me where te find th aay Ins. To Buffer oola gladly It waa aaed In the Red Piaaot without qooUtlon marks, but It sounds familiar.

"Need of Loving XL J. A. W1U some reader ZL'Z- tell me where I can glanlog with the line I. WW 9 nWfS 99 ef levin "Aroaad Iks Firs." W. aay reader tall rbat poem aad ia what book the fol-, Tarwtnr apaearf Around th fir erne wintry night The farmera rosy rhildrtn sat.

And faerota lit the biasing light And Jokea weat reuad and earales chat. When auddenly 'I -The Msa and tke Song" 1. M. C-Caa ro tall me where I eaa find the reading. The Maa aad th Song It la the story ef a for eigner who came America aad the song la America.

I should be glad te know the author or anything about H. Thre Clowns K. aay of your readers give th eourc of the following quotation Thre riovms entering in town mure far lh health aad. happlnaae nt tne entvunaany man twenty tamJa lade lib geld. 1 A Community Chair The story of minister's eiperl-anc, which led blrn from tbe Charrh MlUtaat to tha Chan a Dein- orraUc," Is told by the Hot.

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