PHILOSOPHIES
By SIR RONALD ROSS
Third Impression. 2s. net.
“It is fitting that in this, our great journal, there should be recognition of another to whom must be given the double laurel of science and poetry.”—Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, in Journal of the American Medical Association.
“Sir Ronald Ross’s little book, ‘Philosophies,’ has never received much attention in the press, but it contains some of the best of contemporary verse.”—Solomon Eagle, in The New Statesman.
“To the man of science, no song of triumph could be nobler. . . . The poet of science has here given us one of the rarest gifts in literature.”—The Nation.
“Yes, the thunder and the fire have filled his lips with flame, and his little book is an event in the development of English Poetry.”—Sir Edward Russell, in The Liverpool Daily Post.
“First and last the work of a poet. . . . Cannot for a moment be considered as a bye-product of a mind engaged with science. . . . The quality of the poetry will be already evident from the few quotations given; its austere distinction, its freedom from mere ornament, its closeness to the large imagination beneath it. . . . Professor Ross can shape his morality into great and statuesque imagination. . . . Readers must be left to find out for themselves the grave thought, concise yet dignified phrasing and tremendous tropical imagery of ‘In Exile.’”—Mr. Lascelles Abercrombie, in The Liverpool Courier.
“I read it (In Exile) aloud last night to my wife. We think that it is by far the most splendid poem of modern times. It is magnificent. It moved us both very deeply. I know nothing like it. . . . I am very proud to have my name in the preface of a book that seems to me the only living book of poems published in this land in my generation. Your ‘Philosophies’ will, I feel sure, alter the direction of intellectual energy throughout the land. They are full of the most wise and splendid poetry.”—Mr. John Masefield.