Reprinted from "New Hampshire", by Robert Frost, with the permission of Henry Holt and Company who hold the copyright.

All crying "We will go with you, O Wind!"

The foliage, follow him leaf and stem;

But a sleep oppresses them as they go,

And they end by bidding him stay with them.

Since ever they flung abroad in spring

The leaves had promised themselves this flight,

Who now would fain seek sheltering wall,

Or thicket, or hollow place for the night.

And now they answer his summoning blast

With an ever vaguer and vaguer stir,

Or at utmost a little reluctant whirl

That drops them no further than where they were.

I only hope that when I am free

As they are free to go in quest

Of the knowledge beyond the bounds of life

It may not seem better to me to rest.

"The Old Soak's History of the World," complete in one volume, has just been issued by Doubleday, Page & Company. Feeling that there were some illuminating angles which Mr. H. G. Wells and Mr. Hendrik Willem Van Leon had left untouched, the Old Seak begun work on his monumental undertaking some two years ago. Later, he went to Paris with Don Marquis and Al where they were joined by Jake Smith. He spent much time in research work, consulting original documents, verifying facts and absorbing local color in an atmosphere most favorable to his gigantic undertaking. With the assistance of Al, who a spoke a little French, and an obliging taxi-driver, he located in one afternoon six places where Marie Antoinette was massacred. He also made a thorough survey of the native customs and institutions of France, the cafes, the light wines and real booze and the taxi service, and became impressed with the genuine emotional appeal of French history. But although the modern era occupied much of the Old Soak's time, he by no means neglected King Solomon, Noah, and other leaders of ancient thought.

One of the most famous Italian novels ever written--"The Betrothed," by Alesandro Manzoni--is being brought out next week in a new English translation, the only one based on the author's final revision of the novel. It is interesting not only as a picture of seventh century life, but as a romance whose characters are human and moving figures.