A volume in the “English men of letters series.” While he deals particularly with Bryant as the “poet and man of letters, Mr. Bradley touches upon his qualities as a man of affairs and his participation in the politics of the time; and as the beloved citizen and foremost figure at the civic celebrations of New York city.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is what seems a perfectly reasonable estimate of Bryant as a poet.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + | Atlan. 96: 275. Ag. ‘05. 600w. |
“The story of Bryant’s life is told plainly and succinctly, accompanied by very sensible comment on his writings and a not illiberal estimate of his position in literature.” Edward Fuller.
| + + | Critic. 47: 246. S. ‘05. 480w. |
“A convenient, clear, and thoroughly readable biography.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 116. S. 1, ‘05. 560w. |
“Is more critical than sympathetic.”
| + | Ind. 58: 1128. My. 18. ‘05. 150w. |
“While his story lacks something of the ‘detailed verisimilitude of his predecessors,’ it does present a view of Bryant the poet that is, perhaps, a little more integral and impressive. No one has yet written at length of Bryant with a firmer hold on the American origins of his poetry or a wider perspective of general literature.”