This complete edition of Mr. Sill’s poems, chronologically arranged, makes its appearance in the “Household series” of standard English and American poets.
Lit. D. 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 100w.
“An edition of Edward Rowland Sill’s poems in a single inexpensive volume has long been a desideratum. There may be some question about the additions, for in case of a minor poet the half is commonly better than the whole; there certainly can be no intelligent question about the illustrations which were far better omitted.”
+ – Nation. 83: 328. O. 18, ’06. 370w.
“In his desire to give us much of the as yet unpublished work the editor has doubtless had in mind an edition for the student rather than the lover of Sill. This is perhaps a mistake, for Sill will have many lovers, but few students. His brief introductory note is a model of sane criticism, written with becoming sympathy and regard.” Christian Gauss.
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 820. D. 1, ’06. 2070w.
Sill, Louise Morgan. In sun or shade. **$1.50. Harper.
The thought of infinite and invincible energy gives character to Mrs. Sill’s poetry, whether it be the buoyancy of responsibility, the faith of hero worship, the lessons of bird and flower, or the perfection of love in its great limitless reaches. Whether in “sun or shade” she urges mankind to live, to act.