“The author has achieved a very unusual success, a success to which genuine poetic power has not more contributed than wide reading and extensive preparation. The ballads overflow, not only with the general, but the very particular, truths of history.”—Cincinnati Times.
“It may well find readers in abundance ... for the sake of the many fine passages which it contains.... ‘Ideals made Real’ has one point of very high excellence ... we have in the conception of the character of Edith the work of a genuinely dramatic poet.... In Edith we have a thoroughly masculine intellect in a thoroughly feminine soul, not merely by the author’s assertion, but by actual exhibition. Every word that Edith speaks, every act that she does, is in accord with this conception.... It is sufficient, without doubt, to give life to a less worthy performance, and it proves beyond doubt that Mr. Raymond is the possessor of a poetic faculty which is worthy of the most careful and conscientious cultivation.”—N. Y. Evening Post.
“A very thoughtful study of character ... great knowledge of ... aims and motives.... Such as read this poem will derive from it a benefit more lasting than the mere pleasure of the moment.”—London Spectator.
“Mr. Raymond is a poet emphatically, and not a scribbler in rhyme.”—London Literary Churchman.
“His is no mere utterance of dreams and fancies. His poetry takes hold on life; it enters the arena where its grandest and purest motives are discussed, and by the vigor and beauty of the language it holds itself on a level with the highest themes.... Every thoughtful reader ... will wish that the poems had been longer or that there had been more of them. It would be possible to quote passage after passage of rare beauty.”—Utica Herald.
“... Rhythmical in its flow and deliciously choice in language ... indicating a deep acquaintance with human nature, while there is throughout a tone that speaks plainly of a high realization of the divine purpose in life.... Not the least charming characteristic is its richness in pen-and-ink pictures marked by rare beauty and presenting irresistibly that which the poet saw in his mind’s eye.... We confidently promise that any one taking it up will enjoy the reading throughout, that is, if there is any poetry in him.”—Boston Evening Journal.
Books by Professor Raymond
Dante and Collected Verse. 16mo, cloth, gilt top $1.25
“Epigram, philosophy, history—these are the predominant elements ... which masterly construction, pure diction, and lofty sentiment unite in making a glowing piece of blank verse.”—Chicago Herald.
“The poems will be read with keenest enjoyment by all who appreciate literary genius, refined sentiment, and genuine culture. The publication is a gem throughout.”—New Haven Leader.