“Excellent book.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p523 O 2 ’19 1300w
MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON. Hide and seek. *$1.50 Doran 811
20–19297
A volume of Verses, Sonnets, and Translations from the Chinese, varying from the broadly humorous to the whimsical and tender. The “translations,” the author frankly states, are based on a rather rudimentary knowledge of the language gleaned from laundry slips. The poems are reprinted from the New York Evening Post, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Life, and other periodicals.
“Christopher Morley is not quite so successful this time. He still tries to blend sugary light verse with even more sugary lyrics. He is at his best in the lowbrow translations from the ‘Chinese.’” Clement Wood
+ − N Y Call p8 Ja 9 ’21 120w
Reviewed by E. L. Pearson
+ Review 3:376 O 27 ’20 160w