[*] “Dr. van Dyke’s name is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the selection.”
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Van Dyke, Henry. [Music and other poems.] [**]$1. Scribner.
A collection of poems which take many forms and follow many themes. The opening “Ode to music” is followed by sonnets, lyrics, and other verses treating of the open, the silent hills, and the hearth and home.
“Dr. Van Dyke’s work is that of a scholar in poetry endowed with a graceful gift of lyric speech.” Ferris Greenslet.
| + + | Atlan. 96: 420. S. ‘05. 570w. |
“They are delicate and graceful in workmanship, the expression of a refined and sensitive poetic instinct rather than the outpourings of a creative mood.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 197. Mr. 16, ‘05. 390w. |
“Dr. Van Dyke has nearly every good poetic gift except creative genius.”
| + | Ind. 58: 384. F. 16, ‘05. 140w. |