terpret in the modern spirit the profound and pathetic
fables of antiquity without vulgarizing by modern affectations
their divine simplicity. This beautiful poem appears now in an
_edition de luxe_--a setting not unworthy of such gems. The
designs are noteworthy for their tenderness of sentiment and
their languid grace."--_Daily News_, April 2nd, 1879.

GWEN:

_A DRAMA IN MONOLOGUE._

"The charm of this beautiful little poem is its perfect
simplicity of utterance; its chastened and exquisite grace. There
is nothing very new in the incidents or in the characters of this
most touching story, except in its unconventional ending, which
takes the reader by surprise. The genius of the author has closed
an idyll of love and death with a strain of sweet, sad music in
that minor key which belongs to remembrance and regret."--_Daily
News_, January 22nd, 1879.

"We have read this new work with the interest arising from the
expectations which the author had quickened in us, and with the
hope of finding those expectations confirmed. We are not
disappointed, for we have here the same selectness of language,
the same high, pure tone, the same delicate power of touching the
deeper chords of thought and feeling, which have previously won
our attention and sympathy."--_Literary World_, January 17th,
1879.

"At the close of the tale the heart swells with pathos, and the
tears all but force their way into the eyes. To turn from the
most noteworthy of modern poetry to the verse in which 'Gwen' is
written is like turning from a brilliant painting to a fine
statue. We are scarcely sensible of want of colour, so refreshed
are we by purity of outline. All, indeed, is graceful, good, and
poetical work, as pure and limpid in flow as a brook."--_Sunday
Times_, February 2nd, 1879.

"The piece as a whole will repay very attentive perusal, while
here and there in it there is a particular choice bit of work.
Here, for example, is a fine lyric ... and here a love-song of
rare and exquisite beauty."--_New York Evening Post_, February
20th, 1879.

"Few among the later poets of our time have received such a
generous welcome as the author. He has been appreciated not by
critics alone, but by the general public.... The charm of 'Gwen'
is to be found in the limpid clearness of the versification,