The Cup of Sand by George Brandon Saul

BRIEF NOTICES

The Cup of Sand, by George Brandon Saul. Harold Vinal,

Boston.

There is nothing especially original in this poet's

imagining or handling. The usual subjects inspire poems

of personal emotion in contact with life and nature, pre-

sented in much the usual way, and old favorites like

Sappho and Helen are not absent.

However, Mr. Saul has a delicate touch upon measures

and sound effects, and an underlying sincerity of motive

which imparts to his slight lyric gift a certain authenticity.

This brief poem, Wonder, like others, has a frail and wistful

grace:

Last night we saw you lie

Quiet, so quiet,

And wondered why the winds

In their mad riot

Cleared not the sorry sky

Of its black fear.

Now we sit wordless here-

Your words being gone-

Wondering how the dawn

Can come so clear.

Garden Grace, by Louise Driscoll. Macmillan Co.

This is a book of fanciful pretty poems which will doubt-

less find a large audience among the members of the

numerous garden clubs now so popular. The titles in-

dicate the tone and contents: Old Gardens, Blue-bird, Fune

Rain, Weed, Iris, Phlox, Trees in Snow, etc. The tech-