“Her note is ecstasy con fuoco; her exaltation is unremittingly fortissimo. Often on the point of a crashing success she fails because of this very too-determined vigour. Miss Morgan can and has done far better than this. Gifted with an ease and fluency, she lets her rippling sentences run on till they become a mere babble of words.” L: Untermeyer
− + Dial 68:529 Ap ’20 250w Nation 111:248 Ag 28 ’20 30w
“The best things in this book are the shorter and less pretentious poems, ‘Common things,’ ‘Steam’ and ‘Gardens.’ Many of the others have the energy and feeling essential to the making of poetry, even the imaginative touches, occasionally, and the love of natural beauty, but lack the masterly touch of proportioned art which might make of these spiritual conflagrations a serene and permanently shining light.”
+ − N Y Times 25:173 Ap 11 ’20 360w
MORGAN, ANNA BLUNT. Little folks tramping and camping. il *$1.75 (3c) Lothrop
20–17826
A bird book for children with information presented in story form. The Marsden children learn about birds from an uncle who is an enthusiast. Their study begins in the winter with tramps through the snow to the haunts of cedar waxwings, grossbeaks and other winter habitants, and for Marshall, the eldest, who is an invalid, a feeding shelf is arranged outside the window to attract nuthatches and chickadees. The expeditions are continued into the spring and early summer and in July the children are taken on a camping trip where they learn more about wild life and where Marshall grows strong and well. The birds studied are those native to Wisconsin.
MORGAN, BYRON. Roaring road. *$1.75 (3c) Doran
20–9273
Stories of automobile racing, first copyrighted by the Curtis Publishing Company. The titles are: The junkpile sweepstakes; The undertaker’s handicap; The roaring road; The hippopotamus parade; Second-hand ghosts; The bear trap. The same characters appear in all the stories.