POEDIS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.—Doglown Common. By Percy Maekaye. (Macmillan. 8s.
6d. net.)—A narrative poem about a lonely village in New England, written in rugged stanzas which reveal the influence of both Browning and Masefield. An old woman and her niece who dabble in the occult and a Puritan minister are the chief characters in a rambling and uncanny story.—Poeins. By Allan Ayling and Rupert Clift. (Simpkin, Marshall. 2s. net.)—These not particularly individual verses are redeemed by a touch of mild irony. " Pocahontas " and " To-morrow " among Mr. Ayling's sonnets and Mr. Clift's Yeatsian lines on a play of Webster are worth reading.— The Traveller's Tale. By Clifford Bax. (Oxford : Blackwell. 523. net.)—After many previous existences in the world, each of which he describes, the Traveller atones for his past and discovers the eternal " I." The metaphysical poems that separate each episode are by no means up to the level of the narrative, which is written in flowing and unlaboured verse. Though not remark- ably original in matter or manner, The Traveller's Tale shows more than promise of both these qualities.
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