"This work is full of a young man's generous enthusiasm for everything that is beautiful in poetic thought and dainty in expression. The conversational form allows of discursiveness; and, whatever may be the critical deficiencies of the book, it has the freshness of youthful delight, and justifies its author's claim of being 'spontaneous and honest.'" THE LONDON SPECTATOR of April 22, 1893. ON SOME OF THE OLD POETS. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. With an Introduction BY ROBERT ELLIS THOMPSON, S. T. D. "Or, if I would delight my private hours THIRD EDITION ENLARGED. PHILADELPHIA: DAVID MCKAY, PUBLISHER, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET. 1893. |