sublimity of his conceptions. The range of his
subjectsis almost infinite, and the majority of his
poems are literally ablaze with the white heat of
ecstasy, the passionate desire of the overman to-
wards his ultimate consummation—re-union with
God.”—Occuli Review.
The High History
of Good Sir Palamedes,
the Saracen Knight, and of his fol-
lowing of the Questing Beast.
55. net.
An account of the Mystic Quest.
“¢. , . Noble and beautiful poem.”—Occult Re-
VIEW.
*‘Ttis impossible to read ... without being
impressed by the essential truth and beauty of the
author’s spirit . .. written not as tasks are written,
but from the fulness of the heart, passionately. In
‘ Sir Palamedes’ we have the history of a holy quest
so treated that the theme becomes reconciled to
‘*The High History of Good Sir Palamedesis
something between ‘The Hunting of the Snark’
and ‘Don Quixote’ without the particular individ-
ual qualities of either; but, seriously speaking, it
is a religious poem, and a great work of art. Again,
superficially speaking, it is the master-limerick of a
buffoon; again, seriously speaking, it is the epic of
the eternal speaker .. . should on no account be
missed. Itis a work that superficial criticism might
as easily compare to some of the productions of
Byron, as overlook with a sneer. I doubt,in fact
whether the question of its placein literatureis one
to be decided by contemporary criticism at all, I,
at any rate, will not commit myself to attempting
a decision.” —Poetry Review.
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