Poems from LIFE by Oliver Herford

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Poems from LIFE, edited and introduced by Oliver

Herford. Macmillan.

For those who like their verse light, with a dash of wit,

we recommend this inconsequential, but charming, col-

lection, made by Oliver Herford from the files of Life.

It is rather surprising to see how many excellent bits of

foolery have appeared between its familiar covers.

Saddle Songs, by H. H. Knibbs. Houghton Mifflin Co.

These are cowboy songs and songs of the open in the

Robert Service manner, done by an old hand at the game.

They are not really poetry and they preach a good deal,

but many of them are good human stuff, and would

rattle pleasantly in the mind on a windy march under

the sky.

NOTES

With this number Harriet Monroe resumes the editorship of Poetry.

This is done however at long range, for the number will be in the hands

of our readers before she actually reaches Chicago. Her letters, like her

editorial, are full of enthusiasm and verve, and we hear that she is re-

turning with new material and a refreshed spirit. It will be a day of

rejoicing at 232 East Erie when she appears.

Eunice Tietjens, having finished her tenure of office, is in her turn

sailing for Europe, with her husband, Cloyd Head, and children, where

they will spend a year in studying and-if the fates are kind-in writing.

Helen Hoyt, who is now Mrs. Jack Lyman of California, has recently

given birth to a very successful offspring. We hope that her forthcom-

ing volume of verse will be equally successful.