Before doing that, I want to call your attention to a very charming treatment of love's romance by an American.

It is one of the most delicate of modern compositions, and it is likely to become a classic, as it has already been printed in four or five different anthologies.

The title is "Atalanta's Race." First let me tell you the story of Atalanta, so that you will be better able to see the fine symbolism of the poem.

Atalanta, the daughter of a Greek king, was not only the most beautiful of maidens, but the swiftest runner in the world.

She passed her time in hunting, and did not wish to marry.