“The haunted temple” by the blind poet of Harlem is a criticism of life. The temple is builded of “the lifeless dross of the heart and the spirit,” the law of construction is “antipodal—not one, with that of the ascending stars and the sun.” Introspection and poetic fervor mark this work and the accompanying poems.
| + | Critic. 47: 383. O. ‘05. 50w. |
“A daring and somewhat unregulated imagination is the chief characteristic.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + — | Dial. 39: 68. Ag. 1, ‘05. 190w. |
“Many of his verses are deeply religious in tone and are healthily, almost buoyantly trustful, with an entire absence of morbidness.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 585. S. 9, ‘05. 270w. |
Drayton, Michael. [Poems.] $1.25. Scribner.
“The latest edition to the ‘Newnes’ pocket classics.’ ... Instead of attempting to show every side of Drayton’s work in so narrow a compass, the editor has wisely selected only the best side, and has accordingly presented a very full collection of his shorter pieces.”—Outlook.
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 296. My. 6, ‘05. 80w. | |
| + | Outlook. 79: 1015, Ap. 22, ‘05. 90w. |
Driscoll, Clara. Girl of La Gloria; il. by Hugh W. Ditzler. [†]$1.50. Putnam.