| + − | Nation. 85: 169. Ag. 22, ’07. 290w. |
“With a humour which we appreciate he has entirely shirked the question of origin, only referring to it in a casual, half-hearted sort of way on the last page.” J. A. T.
| − | Nature. 76: 2. My. 2, ’07. 720w. |
“The mechanical processes that build up and sustain living bodies are exhibited in the present volume with remarkable clearness and completeness. On this side of the subject given in its title it is all that could be desired.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 437. Je. 22, ’07. 310w. |
Ledoux, Louis Vernon. Soul’s progress, and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.
6–46753.
“The titular piece in his volume is a lyric sequence of some forty pages—the old poetic wayfaring of the ‘soul’ through the dubious experiences of life to the ‘higher optimism.’” (Dial.) The remaining poems reflect equally plainly “the elevated spirit in which he accepts the call to poetry.”
“Technically there is little fault to find except in the case of the blank verse, which is not successful.”