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 tions of the play are written in verse—verse that runs with almost Elizabethan fire and impetuosity.

EPHEMERA. Greek Prose Poems. By Mitchell S. Buck. Printed throughout on Japan Vellum paper from eight point Old Style Caslon type, and bound in half vellum, Fabriano sides, paper label on the back in two colors; gilt top, deckle edge. Edition limited to 750 copies. Price, $2.25 net. The two series of antique sketches contained in this volume show the art of rhythmic prose, so successfully used in French by such writers as Baudelaire and Pierre Louys, presented directly in the English language. The medium selected is handled freely and delicately, securing its effects without obvious effort or strain. And the fifty "pastels" form a collection heretofore unknown to American poetry. The impressions one receives are not only delightful, but also not unfaithful to the fascinating age they limn. A keepkeen [sic] perception of beauty has not distorted a necessary faithfulness to subject-matter; and those