reviews

I assume that Mr Hine's title, which is itself the title of an obscure eighteenth century carol in which a well-informed crane instructs a crow in several matters pertaining to the nativity and earliest days of Jesus, is meant to be a clue to the central theme of this book.

The book jacket of this anthology describes it as a 'stimulating collection, the vigour and quality of which may well come as a surprise to readers in other countries not yet fully aware of this strong flowering of poetry in twentieth-century Australia.'

This collection of seventy-nine lyrics is also, according to its publicity, 'a cycle that sets forth in terms of mythological symbol ...

Indian lore from the coast of British Columbia furnishes the subject matter and inspiration for the poems in this book.

The late John Sutherland's book on Pratt is an exciting piece of criticism, perhaps the most exciting critical monograph ever to be written in Canada.

'When I was a little lad,' I read with delight scattered poems by Marjorie Pickthall in the Canadian school texts.

These hitherto unpublished poems by Mr. W. W. E. Ross come as a rather curious voice from the past.

Dorothy Livesay's Selected Poems (1926-1956) unlike that of most of our poets, is a chronicle of continous growth in depth and control.

Mr. R. A. D. Ford, the author of A Window on the North, is a member of the Department of External Affairs, and service in Russia and Brazil has strongly influenced his work.