“Acquaints us with a singer whose note is both fresh and vital.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 42: 255. Ap. 16, ’07. 390w. |
“There is a gusto in his work, a savor of opulence, variety and ease that is full of hope. As yet Mr. Noyes is a little too adventurous in his quest of the striking subject, too proud of the mere muscles of his verse.”
| + − | Nation. 83: 439. N. 22, ’06. 270w. |
“Mr. Noyes does not show the faults usual in a young poet. You will never be in any doubt about his meaning, but neither will you be carried out of yourself by any exaltation of words, any intensity of passion, any abandon of beauty.” Bliss Carman.
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 68. F. 2, ’07. 230w. |
“I am sure that [the reader] will not need me to point out their spontaneous power and freshness, their imaginative vision, their lyrical magic.” Richard Le Gallienne.
| + + | No. Am. 183: 1179. D. 7, ’06. 1050w. |
“He is ... a singer and not a thinly disguised philosopher or a reformer who has possessed himself of a musical instrument. He has a voice of compass and sweetness, and his tones flow clear and sweet, with the courage of a real talent and the richness of a full nature.”
| + + | Outlook. 85: 372. F. 16, ’07. 1120w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 254. F. ’07. 60w. |