"Mr. Rice apes neither the high-flown style of the Elizabethans, nor the turgid and cryptic style of Browning.... 'Porzia' should attract the praise of all who wish to see real literature written in this country again." The Covington (Ky.) Post.
"The complete mastery of technique, the dignity and dramatic force of the characters, the beauty of the language and clear directness of the style together with the vivid imagination needed to portray so strikingly the renaissance spirit and atmosphere, make the work one that should last." The Springfield (Mass.) Homestead.
"It is not unjust to say that Cale Young Rice holds in America the position that Stephen Phillips holds in England." The Scotsman (Edinburgh).
"Had no other poetic drama than this been written in America, there would be hope for the future of poetry on the stage." John G. Neihardt (The Minneapolis Journal).
FAR QUESTS
CALE YOUNG RICE
"The countrymen of Cale Young Rice apparently regard him as the equal of the great American poets of the past. Far Quests is good unquestionably. It shows a wide range of thought, and sympathy, and real skill in workmanship, while occasionally it rises to heights of simplicity and truth, that suggest such inspiration as should mean lasting fame."—The Daily Telegraph (London).
"Mr. Rice's lyrics are deeply impressive. A large number are complete and full-blooded works of art."—Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps (Yale University).
"Far Quests contains much beautiful work—the work of a real poet in imagination and achievement."—Prof. J. W. Mackail (Oxford University).