“Many persons more than students will find food for thought in the little volume.”
+ + Critic. 48: 471. My. ’06. 90w.
“He speaks as a scientist without dogmatic prejudices, and in a free, outspoken and brotherly manner.”
+ + Ind. 61: 824. O. 4, ’06. 210w. + + Outlook. 82: 572. Mr. 10, ’06. 180w.
Proctor, Edna Dean. Songs of America and other poems. **$1.25. Houghton.
Aside from her patriotic numbers including poems for Flag day and Columbus day, and her Indian legends, Miss Proctor offers a group of memorial verses the best of which are those on Emerson and Whittier.
“Patriotic pieces conceived with an admirable seriousness of mood, and elaborated with a good command of poetic materials, but without any very fresh distinctions of inspiration.”
+ Nation. 81: 508. D. 21, ’05. 220w.