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AMPHORA
"Blue Cloth, Gold Design, 80 pp. price "2s. 6d."
Published by BURNS & OATES, 28 Orchard St., W.
This wonderful collection of Hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary
is the work (so it is said) of a Leading London Actress.
Father Kent writes in "The Tablet": "Among the many books which
benevolent publishers are preparing as appropriate Christmas presents we
notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy,
can be more appropriate for the purpose than a little volume of original
verses, entitled 'Amphora,' which Messrs. Burns and Oates are on the point
of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will
surely be a better recommendation of the book than any words of critical
appreciation.
"The Virgin lies at Bethlehem.
(Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh!)
The root of David shoots a stem.
(O Holy Spirit, shadow her!)
She lies alone amid the kine.
(Bring gold and frankincense and Myrrh!)
The straw is fragrant as with wine.
(O Holy Spirit shadow her!)"
Lieut.-Col. Gormley writes: "The hymns ordinarily used in churches for
devotional purposes are no doubt excellent in their way, but it can
scarcely be said, in the case of many of them, that they are of much
literary merit, and some of them indeed are little above the familiar
nursery rhymes of our childhood; it is therefore somewhat of a relief and a
pleasure to read the volume of hymns to the Virgin Mary which has just been
published by Messrs. Burns and Oats. These hymns to the Virgin Mary are in
the best style, they are devotional in the highest degree, and to Roman
Catholics, for whom devotion to the Virgin Mary forms so important a part
of their religious belief, these poems should indeed be welcome; personally
I have found them just what I desired, and I have no doubt other Catholics
will be equally pleased with them."
"Vanity Fair" says: "To the ordinary mind passion has no relation to
penitence, and carnal desire is the very antithesis of spiritual fervour.
But close observers of human nature are accustomed to discover an intimate
connection between the forces of the body and the soul; and the student of
psychology is continually being reminded of the kinship between saint and
sinner. Now and then we find the extremes of self and selflessness in the
same soul. Dante tells us how the lover kissed the trembling mouth, and
with the same thrill describes his own passionate abandonment before the
mystic Rose. In our own day, the greatest of French lyric poets, Verlaine,
has given us volumes of the most passionate love songs, and side by side
with them a book of religious poetry more sublimely credulous and ecstatic
than anything that has come down to us from the Ages of Faith. We are all,
as Sainte-Beuve said, 'children of a sensual literature,' and perhaps for
that reason we should expect from our singers fervent religious hymns.
"There is one of London's favourites almost unrivalled to express by her
art the delights of the body with a pagan simplicity and directness. Now
she sends us a book, 'Amphora,' a volume of religious verse: it contains
song after song in praise of Mary," etc. etc. etc.
The "Scotsman" says: "Outside the Latin Church conflicting views are
held about the worship of the Virgin, but there can be no doubt that this
motive of religion has given birth to many beautiful pieces of literature,
and the poets have never tired of singing variations on the theme of 'Hail,
Mary.' This little book is best described here as a collection of such
variations. They are written with an engaging simplicity and fervour of
feeling, and with a graceful, refined literary art that cannot but interest
and attract many readers beyond the circles of such as must feel it
religiously impossible not to admire them."
The "Daily Telegraph" says: "In this slight volume we have the
utterances of a devout anonymous Roman Catholic singer, in a number of
songs or hymns addressed to the Virgin Mary. The author, who has evidently
a decided gift for sacred verse and has mastered varied metres suitable to
her high themes, divides her poems into four series of thirteen each ---
thus providing a song for each week of the year. The songs are all of
praise or prayer addressed to the Virgin, and, though many have a touch of
mysticism, most have a simplicity of expression and earnestness of devotion
that will commend them to the author's co-religionists."
The "Catholic Herald" says: "This anonymous volume of religious verse
reaches a very high level of poetic imagery. It is a series of hymns in
honour of Our Lady, invariably expressed in melodious verse. The pitfalls
of religious verse are bathos and platitude, but these the sincerity of the
writer and a certain mastery over poetic expression have enabled him --- or
her --- to avoid. The writer of such verse as the following may be
complimented on a very high standard of poetic expression:
"The shadows fall about the way;
Strange faces glimmer in the gloom;
The soul clings feebly to the clay,
For that, the void; for this, the tomb!
"But Mary sheds a blessed light;
Her perfect face dispels the fears.
She charms Her melancholy knight
Up to the glad and gracious spheres.
"O Mary, like a pure perfume
Do thou receive this failing breath,
And with Thy starry lamp illume
The darkling corridors of death!"
The "Catholic Times" says: "The 'Amphora' is a collection of poems in
honour of our Blessed Lady. They are arranged in four books, each of which
contains thirteen pieces. Thus with the prologue there are fifty-three
poems in all. Needless to say they breathe a spirit of deep piety and
filial love towards our Heavenly Mother. Many beautiful and touching
thoughts are embodied in the various verses, which cannot but do good to
the pious soul.
The "Staffordshire Chronicle" says: "Under this title there has appeared
an anonymous volume of verses breathing the same exotic fragrance of
Rossetti's poem on our Lady that begins 'Mother of the fair delight.'
There is the same intense pre-Raphaelite atmosphere, the same aesthetic
revelling in Catholic mysticism, the same rich imagery and gorgeous word-
colouring that prevade the poetic works of that nineteenth-century artist.
A valuable addition to the poetic literature on the Mother of our Lord."
The "Guardian" says: "The devotional fervour of 'Amphora' will make them
acceptable to those who address their worship to the Blessed Mother of the
Christ. The meaning of the title of the book is not very obvious. It
cannot surely have anything to do with the lines in Horace 'Amphora
coepit,' &c."
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BOOK
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THIS book contains in concise tabulated form a comparative view of all the
symbols of the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of
the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first
time published; also the complete secret magical correspondences of the
G.'. D.'. and R. R. et A. C. It forms, in short, a complete magical and
philosophical dictionary; a key to all religions and to all practical
occult working.
For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonized
with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoism, &c. By a glance
at the Tables, anybody conversant with any one system can understand
perfectly all others.
The "Occult Review" says:
"Despite its cumbrous sub-title and high price per page, this work has
only to come under the notice of the right people to be sure of a ready
sale. In its author's words, it represents 'an attempt to systematise
alike the data of mysticism and the results of comparative religion,' and
so far as any book can succeed in such an attempt, this book does succeed;
that is to say, it condenses in some sixty pages as much information as
many an intelligent reader at the Museum has been able to collect in years.
The book proper consists of a Table of 'Correspondences,' and is, in fact,
an attempt to reduce to a common denominator the symbolism of as many
religious and magical systems as the author is acquainted with. The
denominator chosen is necessarily a large one, as the author's object is to
reconcile systems which divide all things into 3, 7, 10, 12, as the case
may be. Since our expression 'common denominator' is used in a figurative
and not in a strictly mathematical sense, the task is less complex than
appears at first sight, and the 32 Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah, or Book of
Formation of the Qabalah, provide a convenient scale. These 32 Paths are
attributed by the Qabalists to the 10 Sephiroth, or Emanations of Deity,
and to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are again subdivided
into 3 mother letters, 7 double letters, and 12 simple letters. On this
basis, that of the Qabalistic 'Tree of Life,' as a certain arrangement of
the Sephiroth and 22 remaining Paths connecting them is termed, the author
has constructed no less than 183 tables.
"The Qabalistic information is very full, and there are tables of
Egyptian and Hindu deities, as well as of colours, perfumes, plants,
stones, and animals. The information concerning the tarot and geomancy
exceeds that to be found in some treatises devoted exclusively to those
subjects. The author appears to be acquainted with Chinese, Arabic, and
other classic texts. Here your reviewer is unable to follow him, but his
Hebrew does credit alike to him and to his printer. Among several hundred
words, mostly proper names, we found and marked a few misprints, but
subsequently discovered each one of them in a printed table of errata,
which we had overlooked. When one remembers the misprints in 'Agrippa' and
the fact that the ordinary Hebrew compositor and reader is no more fitted
for this task than a boy cognisant of no more than the shapes of the Hebrew
letters, one wonders how many proofs there were and what the printer's bill
was. A knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet and the Qabalistic Tree of Life is
all that is needed to lay open to the reader the enormous mass of
information contained in this book. The 'Alphabet of Mysticism,' as the
author says --- several alphabets we should prefer to say --- is here.
Much that has been jealously and foolishly kept secret in the past is here,
but though our author has secured for his work the "imprimatur" of some body
with the mysterious title of the A.'. A.'., and though he remains
himself anonymous, he appears to be no mystery-monger. Obviously he is
widely read, but he makes no pretence that he has secrets to reveal. On
the contrary, he says, 'an indicible arcanum is an arcanum which "cannot" be
revealed.' The writer of that sentence has learned at least one fact not
to be learned from books.
"G.C.J."
"The Bomb"
By FRANK HARRIS
(Jonn Long. 6/=.)
This sensational novel, by the Well-known Editor of "Vanity Fair," has
evoked a chorus of praise from the reviewers, and has been one of the
most talked-of books of the season. We append a few criticisms: ---
MR. ALEISTER CROWLEY:
"This book is, in truth, a masterpiece; so intense is the impression
that one almost asks, 'Is this a novel or a confession? Did not Frank
Harris perhaps throw the bomb?' At least he has thrown one now ... This is
the best novel I have ever read."
"The Times:"
"'The Bomb' is highly charged with an explosive blend of Socialistic
and Anarchistic matter, wrapped in a gruesome coating of 'exciting' fiction
... Mr. Harris has a real power of realistic narrative. He is at his best
in mid-stream. The tense directness of his style, never deviating into
verbiage, undoubtedly keeps the reader at grips with the story and the
characters."
"Morning Post:"
"Mr. Frank Harris's first long novel is an extremely interesting and
able piece of work. Mr. Harris has certainly one supreme literary gift,
that of vision. He sees clearly and definitely everything he describes,
and consequently ... is absolutely convincing. Never for a moment do we
feel as we read the book that the story is not one of absolute fact, and so
convincing in its simplicity and matter-of-factness is Mr. Harris's style
that we often accept his psychology before we realize ... on how few
grounds it is based. Some of the aspects of modern democracy are treated
with astonishing insight and ability, and 'The Bomb' is distinctly not a
book to be overlooked."
JACOB TONSON in the "New Age:"
"The illusion of reality is more than staggering; it is haunting ...
Many passages are on the very highest level of realistic art ... Lingg's
suicide and death are Titanic ... In pure realism nothing better has been
done, and I do not forget Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Illytch!' It is a
book very courageous, impulsively generous, and of a shining distinction
..."
"Saturday Review:"
"He (Mr. Harris) is a born writer of fiction. ... Those two books of
his, 'Elder Conklin' and 'Montes, the Matador,' contained the best short
stories that have been written. ... Mr. Harris touches a high level of
tragic intensity. And the scene of the actual throwing, and then the
description of Schnaubelt's flight to New York in a state of mental and
physical collapse, are marvels of tense narration. Altogether, the book is
a thoroughly fine piece of work, worthy of the creator of Conklin. We hope
it is the precursor of many other books from Mr. Harris."
"The Nation:"
"Mr. Harris has a born writer's eloquence, he has knowledge of his
subject, and he often expresses himself with a distinction of phrasing and
a precision of thought which give real value to his work."
"Daily Telegraph:"
"A good book ... this story reads like a page of real life written
down by a man who actually did take part in the scenes described so
vividly. ... We follow their fortunes breathlessly. ... Descriptions as
vivid as any Mr. Upton Sinclair ever painted, and they are never tedious
nor overdone. ... We must not leave the tale without mentioning the
wonderful love story of Rudolph and Elsie, a fine piece of psychology, as
true as it is moving, and of a quality rarely to be found in fiction."
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