“The title-poem, wherein is set forth with thoughtful earnestness and no little grace of language the changing aspects of man to the eyes of ripening womanhood, and ‘The Brother,’ a ‘true and unvarnished’ tragedy, deriving force from the very homeliness of its telling, stand out most clearly in a volume of which the dominating qualities are clearness of vision and a distinctive point of view.”—The Athenæum.
“Dr. Stopes is by calling a fossil botanist, and her scientific training gives restraint and substance to all her verse. This is particularly noticeable in the longish poem which opens the book, tracing the changing image which man assumes in the mind of a growing girl—a difficult theme well treated from the personal point of view, and in graceful measured phrase. But there is no lack of emotion in her pages; she sings with enthusiasm of the joy of married love; and sometimes in a minor key of regret for old, dead loves. Her highest level, we think, is reached in ‘Tokio Snow’—a beautiful fancy expressed in stanzas which have a curious but very successful rhyme-scheme, and ‘Human Love,’ an impressive moment of spiritual reflection on the theme ‘Amantium irae.’”—The Times.
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Transcriber's Note
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
- p. 10 "Gordon Stop" changed to "Gordon. Stop"
- p. 30 "Iv’e" changed to "I’ve"
- p. 34 "blazing" changed to "blazing.)"
- p. 42 "anquished" changed to "anguished"
- p. 51 "ingenius" changed to "ingenious"
- p. 72 "stuft" changed to "stuff"
- p. 75 "luovely" changed to "lovely"
- p. 85 "Varlie-Chapman (Calmly.)" changed to "Varlie-Chapman. (Calmly.)"
The following are used inconsistently in the text:
- now-a-days and nowadays