SONGS UNSUNG.
"Some of the more important pieces make almost equal and very high demands alike on my sympathy and my admiration, and I hope you may long be enabled to cherish the enviable gift of finding utterance for Truths so deep in forms of so much power and beauty."—Letter from Mr. Gladstone, November, 1883.
"The reader of his former work will probably commence this volume with considerable expectations. Nor will he be altogether disappointed, although he will probably wish that Mr. Morris had given the world more of his exquisite classical workmanship."—Fortnightly Review, November, 1883.
"'The New Creed' is, in some respects, his most striking achievement. The poem is one well suited to his mind, but we are not aware that he has ever before written anything at once so impressive, so solemn, and so self-restrained. The last two lines have all the happy energy of the highest poetry."—Spectator, November 10th, 1883.
"In reading it one feels constantly 'How worthy this book would be of beautiful illustrations!'"—Academy, November 24th, 1883.
"The volume is full of the sweet fruits of a large experience; a profound study of the many problems of life; a clear insight into human nature; and the book as a whole ranks among the best gifts which the press has in recent years bestowed upon us."—Leeds Mercury, November 21st, 1883.
"There is not one of these 'Songs Unsung' which does not deserve to be read and re-read."—Glasgow Herald, November 16th, 1883.
"In Mr. Morris's new volume we recognize the old qualities which are so dear to his wide circle of admirers."—Daily News, December 4th, 1883.
"We may safely predict as warm a welcome for the new volume as has been accorded to its predecessors."—Ecclesiastical Gazette, November 15th, 1883.