THE POETRY OF STEPHEN PHILLIPS
PAOLO AND FRANCESCA: A Tragedy in Four Acts. By Stephen Phillips. New Edition with Photogravure Frontispiece after the painting by G. F. Watts, R. A.
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New York Times—Nothing finer has come to us from an English pen in the way of a poetic and literary play since the appearance of Taylor's "Philip van Artevelde."
Brooklyn Daily Eagle—It is not too much to say that "Paolo and Francesca" is the most important example of English dramatic poetry that has appeared since Browning died.
Philadelphia Press—"Paolo and Francesca" has beauty, passion, and power.... The poem deserves a wide reading on account of its intrinsic merit and interest.
HEROD: A Tragedy. By Stephen Phillips.
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Times—Here, then, is a noble work of dramatic imagination dealing greatly with great passions; multicolored and exquisitely musical. Mr. Stephen Phillips is not only a poet, but that still rarer thing, a dramatic poet.
Mr. William Archer (in The World)—The elder Dumas speaking with the voice of Milton.
Athenæum—Not unworthy of the author of "The Duchess of Malfi."
POEMS. By Stephen Phillips. Including "Marpessa" and "Christ in Hades."
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Times—Mr. Phillips is a poet, one of the half dozen men of the younger generation, whose writings contain the indefinable quality which makes for permanence.
Spectator—In his new volume Mr. Stephen Phillips more than sustains the promise made by his "Christ in Hades"; here is real poetic achievement—the veritable gold of song.
Literature—No such remarkable book of verse as this has appeared for several years.
MARPESSA. By Stephen Phillips. With Illustrations by Philip Connard.
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William Dean Howells—Tennyson at his age had not done better.
NEW POEMS. Including "Iole: A Tragedy in One Act"; "Launcelot and Guinevere," "Endymion," and many other hitherto unpublished poems.
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RECENT POETRY
SELECTED POEMS OF JOHN DAVIDSON
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The Nation—An uncommonly masculine volume.
Chicago Record-Herald—What every admirer of this virile poet desires, a brief summary of his important work from which an adequate conception of his style and versatility can be obtained.
Athenæum—There is urgent need for a collected edition of Mr. Davidson's poems and plays. The volume and variety of his poetry ought to win for it wider acceptance. It is indeed curious that poetry so splendid as Mr. Davidson's should fail to get fuller recognition. There are many aspects of his genius which ought to make his work popular in the best sense of the word. He has almost invented the modern ballad.... He handles the metre with masterly skill, filling it with imaginative life and power.
Times—There are not more than two or three living writers of English verse out of whose poems so good a selection could be made. The poems in the selection are not only positive—they are visible.
Literary World—We count ourselves among those to whom Mr. Davidson has made himself indispensable.
Daily Mail—Mr. Davidson is our most individual singer. His variety is as surprising as his virility of diction and thought.
St. James's Gazette—This volume may serve as an introduction to a poet of noble and distinctive utterance.
New Age—The book contains much that Mr. Davidson's warmest admirers would best wish to remember him by. There is a subtle charm about these poems which eludes definition, which defies analysis.
T. P.'s Weekly—Mr. Davidson is one of the most individual of living poets; he has a rare lyrical faculty.
Morning Post—Mr. Davidson is as true a poet as we have now among us ... he has included nothing that we do not admire.
Daily Graphic—This delightful volume.
Dundee Advertiser—Its poetry gives out a masterful note.... Mr. Davidson's poem pictures.
Transcriber's Notes
In [The Chicago Tribune] review for STARS OF THE DESERT by Laurence Hope, "she" may be a typo for "he."
(Perhaps she has done for the Hindu poets what FitzGerald did)
In the [List of Illustrations]: "To be Alone, to Watch the Dusk and Weep" has two links: page 32 links to the poem and Frontispiece links to the illustration.