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[*] Carman, (William) Bliss. Poems. 2v. [*]$10. Page.
This sumptuous edition has been compiled from Mr. Carman’s various published works, and includes a number of poems which have seen print in magazines but have never before appeared in book form.
[*] “His work is done so much in the open, his qualities are so frankly and immediately affirmed in it, he is so free from subtleties and intricacies of meaning, that the province of the reviewer properly ends with pointing the way to his books as a source of many kinds of intellectual and emotional pleasure—all wholesome, rich, and strong.” Elisabeth Luther Carey.
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[*] “He has a true gift of song, an artist’s joy in beautiful words, and that passion for the moods of Nature which of itself transmutes verse into poetry. His defect is to fall occasionally into facile jingles, and now and then into inapposite conceits.”
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[*] Carman, (William) Bliss. Poetry of life. [**]$1.50. Page.
A volume of essays which contains besides the title essay, The purpose of poetry; How to judge poetry; The poet in the commonwealth; The poet in modern life; The defence of poetry; Distaste for poetry; Longfellow; Emerson; Mr. Riley’s poetry; Mr. Swinburne’s poetry; The rewards of poetry; Cheerful pessimism; Masters of the world; The poetry of to-morrow; The permanence of poetry.
[*] “That Mr. Carman is a master of a stimulating style in verse and prose alike is evidenced by this sane, hopeful, yet discriminating study of varied phases of art and life.”