Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Is Marriage a Failure? Lost! And Many Gems of Verse
About ten years ago the rector of a certain parish requested any of his congregation who had talent in the way of author ship, to write an essay on any suitable subject, and read it, at one of the church entertainments - then in full progress - with the hope of raising some money for a charitable purpose. Hence the advent of Is Marriage a Failure?
The essay failed to appear then, or since, through the pro longed illness of the writer, who now gives it to the public in company of some choice bits of verse which are inserted for preservation while she is determining whether or not there be sufficient love of poetry in the hearts of the Canadian people as will justify her in bringing forth a more finished volume.
Love of poetry tends strongly to the advance of civilization, and should be fostered by all lovers of their country but it IS not to be expected that the poetry of any country, much less' a young country like Canada, will attract the masses, unless it be simple, earnest and touching. Pathos is the soul of poetry, and the best verse is so simple that a child may understand it. I have all due respect for Browning and his school when I make this assertion; but we are a busy people, and need poetry as a relaxation, not as a means of adding one more study to the already over - burthened brain.
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