| + + + | Nation. 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 140w. |
Upson, Arthur. City, and other poems. [*]$1. Macmillan.
In this new edition of “The city,” a poem-drama in which Abgar, King of Edessa, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius is cured of his infirmity thru a message from the great Healer crucified at Jerusalem, the author has made a few changes which, while they add to the poetic effect of his work, do not detract from the dramatic strength. The volume also includes Octaves in an Oxford garden, written under the spell of the things of which he sings, and some two-score sonnets, upon such widely different topics as Sultan’s bread, Mona Lisa, The Rezzonico palace and our own Wheat elevators and The statue of liberty.
[*] “Has something of the cool charm that springs from the imitation of Greek models together with appeal that inheres in a Christian theme. It never, however, attains any considerable tragic power.”
| + | Nation. 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 40w. |
Upward, Allen. [International spy: secret history of the Russo-Japanese war.] [†]$1.50. Dillingham.
The latest doings of that marvelous man, Monsieur H. V., are chronicled in this volume, in which he himself tells of his adventures when sent to Russia by England in the hope of averting war. He carried a peace message from the Czar to the Mikado, was adopted into the Japanese royal family, returned to Russia and after barely escaping death at the hands of various enemies he succeeded in stealing a torpedo boat from the Kaiser for which he was forgiven when his mission became known. The beautiful and desperate Princess Y— has an important role in this intimate story of courts and rulers.
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 707. O. 21, ‘05. 320w. |
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Vachell, Horace Annesley. [Brothers.] [†]$1.50. Dodd.