“His ardent appreciation of the richer, more obvious kinds of beauty makes him a remarkably picturesque writer. He possesses, in modernized form, a great measure of the talent of that much neglected writer, Thomas Moore.” A. L. H.
+ Ath p1335 D 12 ’19 240w + Boston Transcript p6 Jl 7 ’20 440w Dial 69:434 O ’20 60w
“The difficulty is that Mr Young has not made his verse the true instrument of his experiences. He writes about them, rather than records them. And the way in which he writes about them is by echoing other poets.” J: G. Fletcher
− + Freeman 2:189 N 3 ’20 320w
“Young has already made an enviable reputation as a prose writer, but it is quite safe to assert that his poetry immediately gives him a much higher place in English letters than he has occupied heretofore. There is not a mediocre poem, not a verse without its modicum of aesthetic satisfaction and impressionistic suggestion for the reader. The reviewer can but advise lovers of poetry to secure it as soon as possible.” H. S. Gorman
+ N Y Times 25:18 Jl 25 ’20 900w
“Mr Francis Brett Young tries experiments in metres that are more crafty than wise. He is prone also to that kind of verse in which things well said and things not nearly so well said are set forth in undiscriminating proximity.” O. W. Firkins
+ − Review 3:171 Ag 25 ’20 100w
“Mr Brett Young has a distinguished, ardent, and promising muse.”