INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS
By Laurence Hope
The New York Commercial:
Its colors are elemental, silver and gold and red. It is heavy with the breath of citron groves, cool with the tinkling of temple bells, and the air of night, and the cries of wild peacocks and parrots.... In many ways this volume of translation is the most important contribution to poetry that the season has as yet brought forth.
The Baltimore Sun:
There is nothing stale or hackneyed in this book; newness, freshness, and variety are found on every page. These poems are true lyrics, for they give us true glimpses into the hearts of men.
The Chicago Tribune:
A volume of passionate love poems written by a true poet.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean:
They are in several metres, handled always with graceful ease, and often with intensity. The coloring is vivid and the music subtle. The book is redolent with the atmosphere of the Arabian Nights.
The Boston Evening Transcript:
Mr. Hope is a thorough artist to his fingertips, and his choice of words and images is as keen and exact as his ability to adapt Indian literature to the more prosaic mood and tongue of the Anglo-Saxon.
The Athenæum:
Mr. Hope has caught admirably the dominant notes of this Indian love poetry, its delirious absorption in the instant, its out-of-door air, its melancholy.