. Review of reviews and world's work . THE NEIV BOOKS. 115 MUSIC, POETRY AND THE DRAMA. Phaon and Sappho, and Ninuod. By James Dryd(>n IIos-ken. Khno, pp. o;>8. New York: Macniillau & To Mr. Andrew LanprboloiiKs tlio cnHlit, w(» l)oli»>vo, of hav-inc: discovered in the hvijire piln of mcuHocro v«>rn(> iiiinu:dly i)ub-lished hy ijrovincial booksollcrs, tho true j^oniiis of Mr. Hos-kens dramas. Frankly, we were k*d to expecrt, by Mr. Lan^rand others, somethinxr rather better, more individual, than we. MR. JAMES DRYDEN HOSKEN. liere get. Mr. Hoskens work is so entirely Sh
. Review of reviews and world's work . THE NEIV BOOKS. 115 MUSIC, POETRY AND THE DRAMA. Phaon and Sappho, and Ninuod. By James Dryd(>n IIos-ken. Khno, pp. o;>8. New York: Macniillau & To Mr. Andrew LanprboloiiKs tlio cnHlit, w(» l)oli»>vo, of hav-inc: discovered in the hvijire piln of mcuHocro v«>rn(> iiiinu:dly i)ub-lished hy ijrovincial booksollcrs, tho true j^oniiis of Mr. Hos-kens dramas. Frankly, we were k*d to expecrt, by Mr. Lan^rand others, somethinxr rather better, more individual, than we. MR. JAMES DRYDEN HOSKEN. liere get. Mr. Hoskens work is so entirely Shakespearean, solittle the outcome of his own particular individuality, that,beyond admiring the skill of the artist who can so wonderfullyreproduce the style and spirit of our greatest poet, the re-viewer finds it somewhat difficult to accurately gauge his ca-pabilities as a dramatist, his genius as a poet. It seems to us,too. that even treated in the Shakespearean manner, the storyof Phaon and Sappho could have been made stronger andmore powerful than Mr. Hosken has made it. In the originalstory Sappho is said to have fallen madly in love with Phaon,and, her love being slighted, to have thrown herself over therocks into the sea. How does Mr. Hosken mutilate this legend,which, under skillful hands, might weU have made a powerfulplay ? He makes Phaon return Sapphos love, and, althoughthe play ends in a tragic fashion with the suicide of Sapphoover her lovers dead body, yet the whole legend becomes, bythis radical alt
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