than the following conception of the beginning of
things...."--_Whitehall Review_, October, 1883.

"Mr. Morris has always that picturesque power which limns in a
few words a suggestive and alluring picture of nature or of life
evoking the imagination of the reader to supplement the clear and
vigorous work of the poet."--_New York Christian Union_,
February, 1884.

"No lover of poetry will fail to make himself possessed of this
volume from the pen of one who has made for himself so high and
distinctive a place among modern writers."--_Manchester
Examiner_, January 31st, 1884.

"After making every possible deduction, 'Songs Unsung' is a noble
volume, and ought to be received by those who, like ourselves,
believe in the necessary subordination of art to morality with
profound gratification."--_Freeman_, April 18th, 1884.

"We have quoted enough to show that this book has genuine merit
in it, merit in poetry, merit in philosophy, and, we may add,
merit in religion. Lewis Morris takes the 'new and deeper view of
the world' of which Carlyle now and then caught sunny glimpses.
He sings in sweet and measured Tennysonian strains of philosophy
what Darwin and Herbert Spencer teach in prose; without the
informing glow of the imagination. There are living poets greater
than Lewis Morris, but of the younger race of poets he is
foremost."--_The Inquirer_, April 5th, 1884.

"The hold which a poet who writes with such intense seriousness
of purpose and such passionate earnestness gains upon his
generation is far stronger and more lasting than if his sole
attempt were to stimulate or to satisfy the sense of the
beautiful. All the things of which we wish that poetry should
speak to us, have voice given to them in the song of this
glorious singer."--_South Australian Advertiser_, March 24th,
1884.

"As a whole this volume, while charming anew the poet's former
admirers, should win for his genius a wider acquaintance and
appreciation."--_Boston Literary World_, February 23rd, 1884.

"Mr. Morris has the invaluable gift of recognizing and being in
full sympathy with the current ideas and feelings of the time.
The broad humanitarianism, the genuine sympathy with the
sufferings of the poor and unfortunate, characteristic of our
age, is one of the most attractive features of his