"As a writer we know of no one who in his writings has exhibited such an appreciation of what constitutes beauty in art, correctness in form, or the true principles of composition."—Providence Journal.
"We commend them to the intellectual and the thoughtful, for we know that no one can read them without being wiser, and we believe the better."—Albany State Register.
"The production of a most ethereal spirit instinctively awake to all the harmonies of creation."—Albany Argus.
"The exquisitely pure and lofty character of the author of these lectures and poetic fragments is well expressed in them. It gave their structure a freshness and calmness, and their tone a purity that remain to charm us, and that are equally admirable and delightful."—The Independent.
"His lectures possess great attractions for every one aiming at cultivation of mind and refinement of taste, while his poems, which elicited so high praise when published singly, are sure to receive it when as now embodied in a more classic form."—Natchez Courier.
"The lovers of American literature and art will rejoice in the possession of these matured fruits of the genius which seemed alike skilled in the use of the pen and pencil."—Newark Daily Advertiser.
POEMS AND PROSE WRITINGS. By Richard Henry Dana. 2 vols. 12mo., Price, $2.50.
"Mr. Dana's writings are addressed to readers of thought, sensibility and experience. By tenderness, by force, in purity, the poet paints the world, treading in safety the dizziest verge of passion, through all things, honorable to all men; the just style resolving all perplexities, a rich instruction and solace in these volumes to the young and old who are to come hereafter."—Literary World.
"Mr. Dana is evidently a close observer of nature, and therefore his thoughts are original and fresh."—True Democrat.
"In addition to the Poems and Prose Writings included in the former edition of his works, they contain some short, practical pieces, and a number of reviews and essays contributed to different periodicals, some of them as much as thirty years since, and now republished for the first time—as the expression of the inmost soul, these writings bear a strong stamp of originality."—N. Y. Tribune.