A volume of genuine poetic value, posthumously published, is the gift of Guy Wetmore Carryl to the literature of our time. “In the long poem which lends its title to the present collection, we have a true love poem marked by exquisite feeling and rare felicitous grace of execution. We may but say retrospectively, using Mr. Stedman’s so fitly characterizing words,—‘Still in the strength of youth, he seemed quite equal to either experiences or work, and likely to take his fill of both.’” (Critic).
“Its varied but everywhere irrefragable proofs of poetship. There is abundant evidence in ‘The garden of years’ that Guy Carryl had received the muse’s accolade; and we might add, that, in his own range of inspiration and execution, this young Lycidas ‘hath not left his peer.’” E. M. T.
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“It is a volume of manly sentiment embodied in facile and vigorous measures.”
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Carson, Thomas G. Man’s responsibility; or, How and why the Almighty introduced evil upon the earth. [**]$1. Putnam.
“All of Mr. Carson’s argument is to the effect that phrenology is an exact and useful science, and that it should be used in the government of the world and the reclamation of mankind.”—N. Y. Times.
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Carter, A. Cecil, ed. Kingdom of Siam. [**]$2. Putnam.
A volume prepared by native Siamese in connection with the commission to the St. Louis exposition. “The materials used by the author are largely furnished by high officials in different departments of government service.” (N. Y. Times). The view of Siam includes a sketch of King Chulalongkorn, and his son, the Prince Maha Vajiravudh, a description of Siam itself,—“the Land of the White Elephant,” a summary of its resources, and a glimpse of the capital city, Bangkok, where modern invention has given crowning touches to the city’s mechanism. The chapter on agriculture is perhaps the best in the book. There are many illustrations, chiefly, however, of temples and public buildings.