| Show 100VIi 1OLTIO I ° VMM ° lIst ° ° nnl nf IUe I J n 0 StIr I nf Salt Ik Wo hlO rlceived n cop of n olnmo of poems by J 1 nrd I well known resident of this city entitled The Hilladsof life J is a neatly hound volume of JOO pages from tho presses of lot Hjrtim Parry A Co Tho nntlior In Ins preface tells of the ongion of the col leition is follow llicso Ballads have been written under varied circumstances tho old fashioned f nrin house in tho bustling raIlroad depot on tho brand and lonely prairie in far northern wilds nmld bloc pliilelren of tho forest nnd some oven in n soldier tent with n dram head for n writIng I I desk whIle wnlchliiR I ai the bedside of n wounded com rndi Ant deftly disarms cnlicism hv tho fol low hi admission Iho critic will no doubt BOO in these compositions com-positions n faulty rhyrao many n sentence which might improved Wo mny comfort ourselves however with the thought that thuy contain no expressions injurious to bloc young moralist or nntngonlstio to tho moat rigid hero are many sonic seven poems long ind short m the book no two olcaling with the smio subject abel nil bearing tho stump of earnest dibit to portraj tho poetical i pission I Tared Imrnes l Fiddle is a roe touching thing nnd would reply remodeling rile bovenAgesof Womm is a clever tray only on ikcspearo too verse and pleas I nut to rend The book is a good one for elnidicn and in the family circle |
