Biblioteca del migliore al mondo di letteratura antica e moderna . ades e testi di vecchia Francia* (1872); contenente bothtranslations, originale e poesie sullo stesso modello. Il sig. Lang haswooed le Muse a intervalli sin. La sua poesia mostra cultureand gusto, e ha grazia e felicity, con una leggerezza del tocco eun pronta arguzia che rendono piacevole la lettura. Insieme con il suo friendsDobson e Gosse, ha iniziato a imitazione dei vecchi verseforms francese; un culto esotico senza dubbio rendendo più flessibili le techniqueof scrittori inglesi, ma di poco significato per nativepoetry. I titoli di o

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Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . ades and Lyrics of Old France* (1872); containing bothtranslations, and original poems on the same model. Mr. Lang haswooed the Muses at intervals ever since. His poetry shows cultureand taste, and has grace and felicity, with a lightness of touch anda ready wit that make it pleasant reading. Along with his friendsDobson and Gosse, he started the imitation of older French verseforms; an exotic cult no doubt making more flexible the techniqueof English writers, but otherwise having little significance for nativepoetry. The titles of other of Langs books of verse indicate thenature of his metrical work: < Ballades in Blue China, * < Ballades andVerses Vain, * < Rhymes a la Mode, * < Rhymes Old and New, * < Banand Arriere Ban*; — there is a suggestion of vers de son/^/ about it allwhich the contents justify. Now and then Mr. Lang does somethingof a broader, more imaginative sort; but the general impression ofhis literary work is that of a polished craftsman and well-equipped. Andrew Lang ANDREW LANG gggl scholar rather than a born poet. His poetry does not concern itselfwith large elemental things; but he can do a light thing very per-fectly, and has the good sense not to try to do more. Langs restless spirit has also turned occasionally to fiction; histaste leading him towards romanticism, sometimes into melodrama.*The Mark of Cain* (1886) has a penny-dreadful atmosphere redeemedby its literary flavor. <The Worlds Desire, * written in collaborationwith Rider Haggard, is a striking and skillfully done story in whichthe romantic myth and legend of Greece are utilized. *? The Maid ofFife* (1895) is a capital historic tale, with Joan of Arc as the centralfigure. In this fiction, again, perhaps the scholar and trained workerare more obvious than the literary creator. Yet Langs art creed, squarely opposed to modern realism and the probing of social prob-lems after the current manner, has affected his

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