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G€NU1S PF THAO”There has been placed upon our! tkble for-revlA'w, a voJuiao of poems i written by Ezra Pound of jlkmdon,1 ISrig., graudsou of ont famous ex-goverkoi*. Hlt;m*;Thad Pound rtf Chippewa Fails, Wls., and dedicated to him- ' -We have perused the. book with great pleas use. .and must pronounceIt one of the most extraordinary .works that ever was written. in style H seems to te a cross between Walt Whitman and Rober^ Browning. We doubt our ability to do it justice, being as Ill-qualified to judge between different styles Jh poetry as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine-taster.Here lte ~a poet with-individuality.-There is through all his poems a thread of true beauty which gives to them a peculiar charm, an Air of \ -nobleness and Ireedom . which(...dis- i tinguishfes them froth ail other writ- j Tegs oT_C5e saBTfe-ClaBsr. Mr. Pound-is of the few who have ^one forth into life and found something of a ‘new seed, and his ‘‘Sower’* Is one that'is unquestionably beautiful. Never before-were such marked or-.. igfnality and such exquisite mimicry found blended together. The ' author has a wonderful command of terse, 'Strong and suggestive language and- iliuruined by an Imagination as delightful aB y is rare, has given the world of letters.a volume ! that will be read with avidity by j both old and young._* Moved by the. j spirit of tl»e troubadors, to them he turns again and again for theme, and, gives us verses instinct withbeauty. ■ *' '■ '■Mr. Pound’s volume has opened a vast field of criticism and innumerable reapers have already put in their sickles, yet the harvest is bo abundant that the negligent search of a straggling gleaner may.be rewarded with a sheaf.The London Daily Telegrahp.which has In BrobcUnghagian letters on its building in Fleet street, thldlegend, “The largest Newspaper inthe World,” says of the new luminary:“Most people are more or less theVictims of that convection which made Byron ridicule th* idea ot aman known as Amos Cot tie (Phqe-toir-wbftf-a- name) winning -fauw^-as-a poet, and so they may be expbeted to smile on taking up a volume of poems the author of which i» Mr, JSzra Pound. They may peg'.n by j smiling, they will end wlih admtra-1 i tlon, not unmlxed with Irritation, for j! hero la a poet with individuality in,a way .that likes him best father Jh a way more accommodating talents would have chosen. He limits himself just so far as he chooses to measures which those who rah may read; he indulges in rhyme when be likes; runs off into more assonance, or use lines which need the nfost careful reading if we would beat their music out,“Yes, for the most part, there Is through all a thread of true beauty wjbich gives the .book .something of a haunting charm. it lifts it out of the ruck of those many columes the writers of which toe the line /f poetic conventions and please us for no more than a single reading in that they have_ mastered the knack- , ofsaying certain things in eertain fashions.”The Rev. David Beaton, rector of. the First Congregational ehusph, Eau Claire, a man of rare literary at-I takunems, a scholar and a ripe* good one, arter a perusal of the work ten-!-tiers what he is pleased to call*4 a few broken remarks,” on the subject in hand, which'we add.unconventional and records our strong expression of Revolt against ttie'lotiiargy of the time—and would give—” For shadows, shapes of power for dreams—men—” It reveals a strong love of nature and even of the “Rogues of the Road.” The 'Ballad of the Gibbet* reminds o*ie of Burns' ’ Song ‘McPherson’s FareW$nl-^~Sae rantanly, sSe wan-tan ly sae darttanly gaed he—He played a spring, and danced it roand— below the gallows tree-—“Perhaps the criticism most obvious is our■authorIs ratherin his terms and treatment some of his allusions may be eavaire lo the general public. Still the freshand bold when understood, to of j 1more value.)ban the trite platitudes ji so common in poetry.” ,The -Ho»t - Henry Ptttmtm. - and j *the Rev, Carlton L. Kootm, pastor o/ the First Presbyterian church in this ; city have each promised ✓Jew criti- i cal remarks after they have had i tlraetq review the book.Copies can be' had of KlkirisT Mathews, Vigo street, London, Eng.. j« Arrangements will be fade to put ! it on sale in both Chippewa Palls . and‘Eau'Claire. It should find a', place in every home and in every library, kEveryone would be benefited by taking Foley’s Orino Laxative for : stomach and liver trouble and ha- j bltual constipation. It sweetens the ■ stomach and breath, gently stimu-. lates the liver and regulates the: bowels and is much superior to ! pills and ordinary laxatives. Why j uot try Foley’s Orino Laxative to- j day? For sale by F. H. Gadsby’s : two stores. 'FRUIT RAISING IN YAKIMAIt .p. MOSHER AGAIN SPEAKS OF j“'Win* TO THE WEST. j... —lX ' ** VThe interest in the Yakima Valley | fruit lands seems to continue una- j bated. Alderman B. P. Mosher pf j the real estate firm of Mosher-’.. | Chase,, who recent ly returned from a.I four weeks' tour of Washington, j Oregon and Idaho said in an inter- { view that after spending about a j week in the Yakima Valley he then spent about two weeks in Oregonland Is far ahead-in'productiveness. My conclusion is also that the Yakima Valley ia. one of the best, I think I may say the very best as a fruit diatrjet. The climate, soil, and I freedom from frost makes it ideal I for fruit raising- Added to these 1 advantages Is one of no less importance, that of shipping facilities and nearness to market. In this respect the Yakima district has no equal. Located as it is only a sixPacific and North Coast will furnish the shipping facilities. Another road, I“Personae of Ezra Pound, of Lon-, don, Eng., is a little book of. occasional poems with a sweet wood note wild in manv of its verses. Tt*isand Idaho, visiting several fruit raising districts, both irrgated and. npn-irrigated. “I am convinced,” says Mr. Mosher, ‘'that the irrigatedhour ride from either Seattle, Portland or.Spokane, all great markets, hteranry”and^varmedTTS'one--of'-~tbt.- greatest-- advantages-, ■and Two great railroads, the Northern
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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jul 06, 1909
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