Everyone must give a hearty welcome to this new venture to bring the best portions of Scottish Poetry within the reach of all. We hope not a few teachers will have the courage to introduce one of the volumes into their higher classes alongside of Chaucer, who has hitherto been dominant, much to the loss of our home literature.—Aberdeen Journal.
MEDIÆVAL SCOTTISH POETRY.
We trust that Mr. Eyre-Todd may be encouraged to proceed with this Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets, for the two volumes which he has already published make it abundantly clear that he possesses the requisite knowledge, taste, insight, and critical skill necessary to the successful accomplishment of so difficult a task.—The Speaker.
We can strongly recommend Mr. Eyre-Todd’s “Mediæval Scottish Poetry” as a work creditable alike to himself and to his publisher.—Literary Opinion.
“Mediæval Scottish Poetry” is a meritorious and a welcome popularisation of some of the best examples of our fifteenth century verse.—Scottish Leader.
This volume more than fulfils the promise of the first.—Modern Church.
The second volume of Mr. Eyre-Todd’s “Abbotsford Series” amply fulfils the promise of the earlier instalment, as regards all that the editor himself could be responsible for.—Glasgow Herald.
The editor has done his work wonderfully well, and, considering the aim of the series, with perfect thoroughness.—Freeman’s Journal.
A useful little volume of selections from the Mediæval Poetry of Scotland.—Daily News.
This series is a most excellent one, and its production deserves every encouragement. It promises to be a permanent addition to the very few works we have which deal with Scottish poetical literature as a literature; and one speciality in it worthy of all praise is the concise and scholarly way in which the editing has been done.—Aberdeen Daily Free Press.