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...Butler Yeats, whose death last year took from us one of the most delightful personalities of Greenwich Village, or Dudley Digges and J. M. Kerrigan, actors both from the Dublin boards. Of all these, the most thoroughly of the spirit and heart of Ireland seems to me to be Padraic Colum himself, looking for all the world like an elf, the best modern writer of fairy stories in my opinion and a poet of eminence, a novelist, an essayist, a playwright...
This spring Padraic (or Patrick as one might call him if one dared) is at the MacDowell Colony for writers, in Peterboro, N. H. Last year, commissioned by the Hawaiian Government, he studied the folk tales of the island and reproduced them in his fascinating prose. I believe that Colum's residence in America and his fondness for us, has been a precious addition, for more than any other quality, it seems to me, our writers lack the sense of mystic fantasy, of homely beauty, of child-like imagery that this Peter Pan-like Irishman...
...GOLDEN FLEECE-Padraic Colum-Macmillan ($2.00). The cycle of Greek legends that concern Jason and the rest of his varsity crew most admirably retold for children by a poet and artist...
...been discovered by Cambridge ere this; and hereby introduce it with a generous meed of praise. It is "The Measure", a journal of poetry that has just published its twentieth number. And not the least admirable thing about it is the fact that Joseph Auslander and Padraic Colum are among the editors thereof...
...following books have been added to the library of the Union during the month of February: John Buchan, "The Battle of the Somme"; Richard Burton, "Bernard Shaw, the Man and the Mask"; Padraic Colum, "Three Plays"; J. W. Cunliffe, "Poems of the Great War"; W. T. Curran and H. A. Calkins, "The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire"; W. W. Gibson, "Battle and Other Poems" and "Livelihood"; J. F. Harris, "Samuel Butler"; W. H. Hudson, "The Purple Land"; H. H. Knibbs, "Riders of the Stars"; E. H. Knows, "Play Production in America"; G. H. Mair, "Modern English Literature...