We question whether there is any modern instance where selections from a poem would more dazzle a reader. We can scarcely applaud too loudly, or too warmly.—Critic.
'Night and the Soul' at once places Stanyan Bigg in the front rank of English poets.—Bucks Chronicle.
In carefully going through this poem, we meet flashes of inspiration, and fine thoughts scattered with a bounteous hand.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
Surpassed by nothing that we have met with in the whole compass of recent poetry.—Glasgow Christian News.
This poetry is indeed what it professes to be. Its ring is the ring of genuine metal.—Whitehaven Herald.
How it sparkles with gems! Beautiful pieces of imagery stand out from every page.—Random Readings.
We pay willing tribute to the magnificence of the diction, the profuse prodigality of the imagery, and the air of grandeur pervading it.—Weekly Dispatch.
'Night and the Soul' is a great poem. The passages are endless which we might be tempted to quote. It is altogether a work of great fascination.—Forres, Elgin, and Nairn Gazette.
Deep in philosophy, splendid in diction, and at once gorgeous and delicate in imagery, it has few compeers among the poetical productions of our time; we rank Stanyan Bigg as the poet, par excellence, of the rising generation.—Church of England Quarterly Review.
This is no volume to skim lightly over. 'Night and the Soul' is a poem undoubtedly of remarkable vigour of thought, and abounding with passages of great poetical power.—Dublin University Magazine.