St. James's Gazette.—"The publication of these volumes confers a distinct benefit on contemporary thought, contemporary poetry, and on English literature in a wider sense."
Mr. William Archer (in the Morning Leader).—"Among the critics of the nineties enamoured of this or that phase of eccentricity, affectation, or excess, Mr. Watson had to pay dearly for his austere fidelity to his ideal of pure and perfect form. But these days are past; detraction now hides its diminished head; the poet ... is clearly seen to be of the great race."
RECENT POETRY
SELECTED POEMS OF JOHN DAVIDSON
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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."
Athenæum.—"There is urgent need for a collected edition of Mr. Davidson's poems and plays. The volume and the 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."