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Eden Phillpotts
Norwood E. Cooper
W. H. Stephens
Kia Ora
George Moore
Poetry
The Coming of Gabriellc— Act III.
Captain von Papen's Ditty Box (ii)
Chapters from Childhood (ti)
If this be Error
Ghosts in a Roman Photograph Album
Scientific Men and Spiritualism
Socialism and Liberal Ideals
Fruits and Usufructs of the Treaty
Licking the Bottle
What is Wrong ?
The " Movies "
" Ignotus "
Juliet M. Soskice
G. E. Eyden
Vernon Lee
Joseph McCabe
Bertrand Russell
Austin Harrison
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ELdited by Austin Harrison CONTENTS OF THE ONE HUNDRED^'AND^THIRTY^EIGHTH NUMBER
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EDEN PHILLPOTTS |
The Cider Makers |
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Kissing You |
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Carrion Crow |
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An End |
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G. E. EYDEN |
If this be Error |
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Ghosts in a Roman |
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AUSTIN HARRISON |
Fruits and Usufructs |
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By "CONSUMER " |
Licking the Bottle |
465 |
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THOMAS MOULT |
What is Wrong ? |
468 |
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S.O. |
The " Movies " |
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Books |
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CJuiJ M/Ii/ary <St NavaJ ^aiJons of OLD BOND ST LONOON-W-
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IN the dull Victorian era when there was an appalling scarc- ity of great characters, George Meredith made quite a hero of Melchisedek ... a tailor.
In the electric days of Arma- geddon Harold Terry made a real hero of George Smith in his twentieth century comedy " General Post" ... a tailor.
In these devastating days of peace Mr. Mallaby-Deeley comes to the rescue of a war-stricken civilisation faced with a future of expensive fig-leaves, and offers it suits at £z 17s. 6d. And, in all sincerity, without sarcasm, we should welcome him as the hero of heroes in the ranks of the historical tailors.
Please do not think that if I criticise I do so uncharitably. It is merely to amuse myself. And I can do so because I am not really a tailor, and so I can claim no place in the category of heroes. My knowledge consists merely in style and origination. So my bravery merely consists in heroic assertion.
I like Mr. Mallaby - Deeley because he states he wants to lower permanently the cost of clothes to the public. So do I. I should like to reduce the cost of everything. And it is so simple. For instance, although, naturally, one inclines towards the Ritz tor food, it is quite possible to obtain a " filling " meal at Lockhart's at a figure which would not even make a Mallaby blush.
But specially I should like to know how to reduce the price of clothes, for soon I shall have to charge twenty guineas for a suit.
At the present moment my House is paying for the best worsted 49s. 6d. a yard (and this House is one of the biggest retail buyers ... a statement, not a boast), which means ;^8 13s. for the material of a suit alone. In the West End Log the making costs ;^4 8s., and the best trimmings cost £z 19s. A gross cost of £16, to which must be added the establishment charges, which are awful, and an Income Tax which renders one inarticulate. Of course, it's damnable, but that does not disturb the ghastly fact. Personally, I loathe the vulgar artificial prices, but it is impossible for the controlled individual to lower them a fraction without going bankrupt and so annoying the Inland Revenue. So one simply comes to the conclusion that the fruits of victory are even more expensive than Adam's apple.
But then, in these days of militaristic adventure, one ought not to expect to be able to do more than provide " Winnie " with pin monev to buv new hats.
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The prices of clothes will increase considerably during 1920, and the prices quoted here are considerably below the actual market price of the moment.
Lounge Suits from /12 12s. Dinner Suits from lid i6s. Dress Suits from £1^ i8s. Riding Breeches from ^5 15s. 6d,
14 OLD BOND STREET W
■a. nan SOUTHAMPTON ROW \\ c ROYAL. EXCHANGE MANCHESTER
To meet the many requests, revroductions of tome of this seriet of pictures, including " The Original Jazz," " The Interrupted Jazz," " The Beautijul Rag," and " Victory," are now published in colour, 17" by 12" at \s. each.
THE
ENGLISH REVIEW
May, 1920
The Cider Makers
By Eden Phillpotts
When drifts the apple-breath, to steal again Through fruit-crowned orchards, like a fragrant wave, And when on stilly nights The falling fruit we hear ;
Then creak the rusty hinges, gape the doors Of cider presses, slumbering and dim ; And cobwebs tatter down To shrivel iij the light.
Ttrrough many a dusty vault the autumn sun Launches a ruby shaft at eventide, Within the velvet gloom Determining shadowy shapes.
The presses heave, like cavern idols set Above the granite troughs around their knees, And seem to wake again And stretch their giant limbs ;
For tide of life is running; feet of men Trample the orchard herbage, stamp a- stain That winds away and fades Among the mossy boles.
Beneath the bough another harvest lies
In mounds and pools of light and scattered stars.
That gleam within the heart
Of every apple glade, _
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Shining behind the shadows, twinkling out Where sunlight strokes the grass to emerald, Or where, in garnered heaps. The crimson apples flame.
Old ministrants of cider mysteries Blend sweet and sour on immemorial plan, And wrap the sacrifice In woven horse-hair grey;
And when the presses turn and grip and crush In rivulets the virgin ciders flow While sunbeams twine thereon A braid of trickling fire.
There is a hum and bustle through the vault ; Great hairy arms knot up, and heavy hands Tug at the beams of oak Upon their shining screws ;
While round each door the feathered people run- White, spangled, bronze and coral reu of cpmb— Who from the pomace peck A feast of ebon seeds.
Ripples the cider with a little sound. Like the least, purring rill, that runs to catch Within her silver bow The blue forget-me-nots.
Ripples the cider, when the vat is drawn, Translucently, as though crushed opal stones Were melted ; then away The racking to endure.
Ancient the men who labour at the mill, And some have drunk of fifty cider brews. Straining the massy beams For half a century.
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Where rays of light resolve the polished wood, A fret of carving still their timbers show, And, graved upon the grain, Are names of heroes fallen.
For many a vanished, mighty-shouldered man Who drove the press at bygone vintages The oak shall feel no more. Yet still his life records;
And though no stone declares their sleeping-place Under the darnel, yet the quick may read How their old knives have set A last memorial here.
Day upon day the curdled cider spurts.
The timbers grind and grunt, and through the murk,
The towering screws throw down
Their cold and steely shine.
Then, flowing on and racked and racked again, The cloudy liquors sparkle amber-clear. Till fore-glow of the dawn Is not more crystal bright.
The rites are ended ; barrels seem to bulge ; Wet vats grow dry and wear'y beams are still, Their chronicles enriched With new recorded names.
Once more the doors are fast put home again And quiet comes, to tempt with solitude Quick, peaceful, flickering things That fear the voice of man.
The presses slumber and their fragrance fades; The auburn mouse steals back into his haunt; An empty knot-hole throws The only ray of light,
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When red of eye, on low November eves,
The sun peeps through the naked apple-boughs,
To flash a fleeting glance
That's lost in nothingness.
Patient Arachne, hanging on her thread, One moment twinkles, like a bead of gold ; Then all again is dark And silent as a grave.
Kissing You
By Norwood E. Cooper-
KissiNG you, beloved, is a wondrous passionate song, The fierce light in the panther's eye, the draught for which
men long Ere they die unslaked in the desert — so why should it be
wrong ?
Holding you, beloved, is the surging'^wash of the main. The wild, exultant cry of the eagle over the plain. The lashing of storm-rent forest-boughs — so I clasp and kiss you again.
Carrion Crow
By W. H. Stephens
Good morning, Mr. Crow; We've met before, you know,
In many a place; And yet you seem to say YouVe never passed my way,
Or seen my face !
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I know your beady eye, So impudent and sly;
Your thieving beak; Your coat of black, so bright With green and purple light;
Your " cuarring " squeak.
I know your cousin too. He's vei^ much like you —
The Hooded Crow; But differently he's dressed, — Grey mantle and grey vest,
Above, below.
You build your nests on trees. Or cliffs by windy seas^
Where few folk stray; Some sticks and roots are there. With wool and fur and hair,
And fibre, hay.
Your mate lays eggs of green, Blue blotches, brown between.
Or ashen grey; And now that brings to mind The Raven's of your kind,
In his own way.
And he is glossy black. With bluey, purply back;
And horrid croak I You see, it's not the coat But just the dismal note
That will provoke !
And then there's Mr. Chough, Whose ways are not so rough,
Nor deeds so ill ; He's black, with blue and green, And glossy violet sheen;
Red legs and bill.
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But really in your ways There's little we can praise,
There's much to hate; And yet folk say of you, Old Carrion Crow, you're true
To last year's mate !
Shearwater
By W. H. Stephens
Shearwater, shearing the Sea,
Dipping your wings, left and right.
Skim the waves nearer to me. Do not fly out of my sight. You dear Delight !
Sooty black wings you extend.
Over the ripples you glide, Then like a petrel descend.
Walk on the top of the tide ! Or sit and ride !
How did you burrow the hole
Up in the cliff for your nest, Into the sand, like a mole,
Spreading some grass for your breast. And one white guest ?
Soon you will teach him to fly,
Shearing the water so blue ! O how my heart and soul cry.
Long to go flying with you. Just as you do !
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AN END
An End
By Kia Ora
You gave your body to me, and your soul, Such as it was, I held in my two hands — A little fragile thing as light as you.
You gave youn body to me, your red lips,
Red gleaming hair that curled about your h6ad.
And sleepy eyes so empty and so blue.
Night long, for many, many nights you slept, Your mouth on mine, my breast against your breast; I heard the hours ticking time away.
And, though you gave me all you had to give. Twining your white arms round me in content, I only knew that night brings forth the day.
You could not hold me. Your soft slend^rness And clinging hands and little beating heart And tender whispers thrilling with desire —
And so I put your kissing mouth away And covered up your white desirous limbs. I may not warm me at a dying fire.
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The Coming of Gabrielle
By George Moore
ACT III.
Scene: Same as in Act I. When the curtain rises, Davenant is on the stage in evening dress.
Enter Sebastian and Godby.
GoDBY. 'Ere we are — the very room — 'member it jush as if it was yesseday. Beg pardon, sir — Godby, second mate on the Hannah Maria. Don't you remember Godby, sir? Came for Priscilla's letters 'bout month ago.
Davenant. Yes, Mr. Godby, I remember.
Godby. Well, to make a long story short, shecktery breaks his word — no letters — Priscilla getting more and more peevish every day. No letters — 'ave to come up again from Southampton. Shecktery 'broad, self at Claremont Villa; way I go, all sails set, and over'aul shecktery with his young lady ; bit of a squall ; shecktery would 'ave weighed anchor and gone away after her, but I says, "No, shecktery; no, shecktery; not this time." We go back together after a bit of a rest and a tankard of ale, at your expense, Mr. Davennan. Terrible 'ot day.
Davenant. I can see, Mr. Godby, that you are suffering from the heat. Won't you sit down? \
Godby. I'd Hke to drop my anchor somewhere. {He sits down on a light chair. Davenant rushes forward.)
Davenant. You'll be more comfortable there, Mr. Godby. (Puts Godby into settee.)
Godby. Thank'ee. Very comfortable chair. But the letters. {Rises.) In that 'ere casket.
Sebastian. No, Mr. Godby, there are no letters in that casket. Priscilla's letters are downstairs.
Godby. Downstairs. I'll wait' here. Shecktery . . . letters . . . Shecktery