+ Boston Transcript p10 My 15 ’20 1150w
“Many a mature poet might be proud of some of these little gems. All of them sparkle with that faery light that enables its possessor to see things quaintly and daintily.”
+ Cleveland p73 Ag ’20 220w + Cleveland p108 D ’20 70w
“The quality which shines behind practically all of these facets of loveliness is a directness of perception, an almost mystic divination. It is its own stamp of unaffected originality, a genuine ingenuousness. It is ridiculous to talk of the ‘stages’ in the work of a ten-year-old child and yet the verses conceived between four and seven are more vivid, seem more spontaneous and less—absurd as it may seem—sophisticated than those written between seven and nine.” L: Untermeyer
+ Dial 69:186 Ag ’20 1200w
“Readers will be glad of the book, not only because it was written by a child, but because it contains beautiful poetry. Not a false image is to be found in it, not a single artificial symbol, not a line of dull, stereotyped diction!”
+ N Y Times 25:193 Ap 18 ’20 380w
“The gift is given us gravely and unconsciously, with none of the reticences that fears ridicule, and yet with none of the exaggeration that tries to ‘show off.’” Marguerite Wilkinson
+ N Y Times 25:272 My 23 ’20 1000w
“The present volume deserves a high place among the expressions of youthful imagination. It is vivid, fresh, and creative in no small degree.”