Naish, Ethel M. [Browning and dogma; seven lectures on Browning’s attitude towards dogmatic religion.] *$1.40. Macmillan.
7–6792.
In this volume the author “takes half a dozen poems—‘Caliban upon Setebos,’ ‘Cleon,’ ‘Bishop Blougram’s apology,’ ‘Christmas eve and Easter day,’ and ‘La Saisaz’—and subjects them to minute running analysis.”—Acad.
“In all her two hundred pages there is no note of freshness or originality, and she has nothing of importance to contribute to our knowledge either of the special works selected or of Browning’s poetry in general.”
| − − + | Acad. 70: 328. Ap. 7, ’06. 990w. |
“The style is clear and workmanlike, the matter often thoughtful, and the plan most patiently elaborated. The reader whose concern is with poetry, the reader, that is to say, who can hop with catholic delight from Milton to Shakespeare and from Keats to Wordsworth, will not get through this book. It is too conscientious.”
| + − | Sat. R. 101: 398. Mr. 31, ’06. 1090w. |
Naylor, James Ball. Scalawags. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
7–11210.