“The greater one’s knowledge of the literature dealt with, the more likely one is to approve the care and reading which she displays.” G: Saintsbury

+ − Ath p271 Ag 27 ’20 780w

ANANDA ACHĀRYA. Snow-birds. *$3 Macmillan 891.4

20–10160

“This volume contains prose-poems or rhapsodies in free verse on nature, Indian mythology, sentimental or ideal themes, in a style analogous to that of Sir Rabindranath Tagore.”—Ath


Ath p429 Mr 26 ’20 30w

“Mr Achārya is not as inspired by any means and he does not get the atmosphere and charm into his lines that Tagore did. But he is interesting, for he presents the thought of the East.”

+ − N Y Times p16 N 7 ’20 70w