Mr. Stedman has so done in his 'Alice of
Monmonth.' The story of the Poem leads us from the fruit fields and
plains of New Jersey, from love scenes and songs, to the din of battle,
and the sufferings of hospitals in Virginia. There are various changes
rung in the rhythm, so that it never becomes monotonous; and many of the
descriptive passages are full of beauty.
DEEP WATERS. A Novel. By ANNA H. DRURY, Author of
'Misrepresentation,' 'Friends and Fortune,' &c. Boston: Published
by T. O. H. P. Burnham, No. 143 Washington street. New York: H.
Dexter Hamilton & Co., 113 Nassau street. O. S. Felt, 36 Walker
street.
Never having before met with a work by Miss Drury, we were quite
surprised to find 'Deep Waters' a novel of so much power. The plot is
original, and well managed throughout, the characters well conceived and
sustained, the morals entirely unobjectionable, the style pure, simple,
and unaffected, and the interest uninterrupted. The tale is indeed one
of singular beauty.
IN WAR TIME, and other Poems. By JOHN GREENLEAF
WHITTIER. Ticknor & Fields, Boston. D. Appleton & Co., New
York.
If bold, varied, musical rhythm; high and tender thought; hatred of
oppression; warm sympathy with suffering; correct and flowing diction;
intense love of nature and power to depict her in all her moods, joined
with a glowing imagination and devout soul, entitle a man to be classed
with the great poets, then may we justly claim that glorious rank for
John Greenleaf Whittier.
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