‘I am very glad to see in Idylls, Legends, and Lyrics a poem on Cædmon. I am particularly interested in old-time literature myself, and am giving special attention to such subjects as “Cædmon” and “Beowulf.”
‘I shall be very glad to have another copy, as it is the first work I have seen for a long time which is so exactly suited to my taste.
‘FRED TURNER,
Free Public Library, Brentford.’
‘This work is an exceptionally good one, and I thank you for calling my attention to a volume of poems of such merit as these possess.
‘I have told my committee that, as far as I am a judge of poetry, I considered that this work was entitled to a place on our shelves.
‘Our public here are quick to form fairly accurate opinions as to the value of works of this class. I shall be only too glad to find my own judgment endorsed by that large body I have the pleasure to serve.
‘WILLIAM MAY,
Chief Librarian, Free Public Library,