Books: Gossamer & Ghosts

THE FLEETING AND OTHER POEMS— Walter de la Mare—Knopf ($2.50).

In an age of minor poets, as the present has been called, Walter de la Mare does not seem an alien. Whether or not some of his more famed contemporaries are first-rank poets or not, even his friends have never put him in a false position of greatness. His most popular books have been rhymes for children and fairytales; his best poetry has been both gossamer and ghostly. In this collection, his first book of verse in six years, readers will not...

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