"Jade Chips," a selection of poems by Carroll Lunt, has been privately printed in a very attractive format, deckle-edged' paper and green boards. The poems cover a wide range of subjects and many, such og "Chinese Tea," ''Hangchow," "The Whangpoo," and "At Henli," will make an instant appeal to those who recognize: their originals.
Mr. Lunt, in this collection. of poems, stands with many modern songsters, midway between the old {and new schools of poetry, paying allegiance to the more complicated forms of rhyme in some verse forms, but trying out vers libre in other efforts. While this adds an element {of interest, it not unnaturally {detracts from the singing quality, of the author's poesy. There is a deal of thought packed within the confines of this slender volume and ithe reader recognizes the creative: urge which forces the artist. to self-expression. Yet at times the creative spirit goes limping, and leaves the written word far behind the imagination. Nor is the book [ree from blunder, as for instance th is the unpardonable solecism _making wander' rhyme with j "Heron But it is a fault maturity may correct.
We quote two brief poems:—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.