Clifford, Ethel. Love’s journey. [**]$1.50. Lane.
“The rustle and patter of leaves, the trilling of birds, the whisper of rain make April music in Miss Clifford’s poetry; for all that these sounds have been caught and tamed in rhyme and measure, it is still the natural elementary melodies of the earth, not the artificial music of man, that her songs suggest. Lyric succeeds lyric and mood follows mood like sun and shade in the forest on a day in spring.”—Lond. Times.
“But it is difficult to quote enough to convey the faint charm of these poems, a charm which is diffused rather than distilled. As a maker of haunting refrains Miss Clifford is often felicitous.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 107. Jl. 22, ‘05. 510w. |
“The charm of Miss Clifford’s poetry lies in the woodland simplicity. She is at her best when she pays no heed to the works of man.”
| + | Lond. Times. 4: 168. My. 26, ‘05. 350w. | |
| Nation. 81: 303. O. 12, ‘05. 190w. |
“Miss Clifford’s new volume is less interesting than her first. The dramatic poems are the best; few of the other pieces are more than merely pretty and tuneful.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 50. Ag. 8, ‘05. 260w. |
Clouston, J. Storer. [Lunatic at large.] $1. Buckles. also pub. by Brentano’s.
A young doctor without a practice receives a tempting offer of £500 and expenses to travel with a wealthy youth mentally unbalanced. Fearing to trust himself to the caprice of a lunatic, a friend of his represents the patient, while the “sane lunatic” is drugged and left in a private asylum. The amazing doings of this clever and worldly wise young man constitute the book. His methods of escape, his escapades in London, his periodical change of name, scene, and history are skilfully and amusingly handled.