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PRESS NOTICES OF THE FIRST EDITION.

"We do not know where, in all the range of English poetry, to look for so forcible an expression of utter grief as is presented in some of the poems."—Scotsman.

"Mr. Noel's poetry is always well worth reading. He is not nearly as well known as he ought to be."—Westminster Review.

"One of the few remarkably gifted poets of our time… As a poem of the affections the 'Child's Monument' has hardly ever been surpassed."—Edinburgh Daily Review.

"The wonderful variety of melodies which form this remarkable 'In Memoriam'. … Since Edward Irving embalmed in strange portentous wondrous words the memory of his little boy, we have not seen such a pathetic monody."—British Quarterly Review.

"Few poets have reared so pathetic a monument to a little child as Mr. Roden Noel has done in this fine volume of verse.—Glasgow Herald.

"It may fairly take its place beside 'In Memoriam' as a book of consolation for the bereaved."—Leeds Mercury.

"Very lovely in form are many of these poems … while all are exquisite in feeling."—Contemporary Review.

"It is rare to meet with poetry so spontaneous and genuine as that which Mr. Noel has just published. … In form and melody these poems are perhaps the most perfect Mr. Noel has yet produced."—Academy.

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