A Night in Avignon Part 7

"From the standpoint of poetry, dignity of conception, spiritual elevation and finish and beauty of line, Mr. Rice's 'David' is, perhaps, superior to his 'Yolanda of Cyprus,' but the two can scarcely be compared." _The New York Times (Jessie B. Rittenhouse)._

"Never before has the theme received treatment in a manner so worthy of it." _The St. Louis Globe-Democrat._

"It needs but a word, for it has been pa.s.sed upon and approved by critics all over the country." _Book News Monthly._ And again: "But few recent writers seem to have found the secret of dramatic blank verse; and of that small number, Mr. Rice is, if not first, at least without superior."

"With instinctive dramatic and poetic power, Mr. Rice combines a knowledge of the exigencies of the stage." _Harper's Weekly._

"It is safe to say that were Mr. Rice an Englishman or a Frenchman, his reputation as his country's most distinguished poetic dramatist would have been a.s.sured by a more universal sign of recognition." _The Baltimore News (writing of all Mr. Rice's plays)._

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CHARLES DI TOCCA

By

CALE YOUNG RICE

"I take off my hat to Mr. Rice. His play is full of poetry, and the pitch and dignity of the whole are remarkable." _James Lane Allen._

"It is a dramatic poem one reads with a heightened sense of its fine quality throughout. It is sincere, strong, finished and n.o.ble, and sustains its distinction of manner to the end.... The character of Helena is not unworthy of any of the great masters of dramatic utterance." _The Chicago Tribune._

"The drama is one of the best of the kind ever written by an American author. Its whole tone is masterful, and it must be cla.s.sed as one of the really literary works of the season." (1903). _The Milwaukee Sentinel._

"It shows a remarkable sense of dramatic construction as well as poetic power and strong characterization." _James MacArthur, in Harper's Weekly._

"This play has many elements of perfection. Its plot is developed with ease and with a large dramatic force; its characters are drawn with sympathy and decision; and its thoughts rise to a very real beauty. By reason of it the writer has gained an a.s.sured place among playwrights who seek to give literary as well as dramatic worth to their plays."

_The Richmond (Va.) News-Leader._

"The action of the play is admirably compact and coherent, and it contains tragic situations which will afford pleasure not only to the student, but to the technical reader." _The Nation._

"It is the most powerful, vital, and truly tragical drama written by an American for some years. There is genuine pathos, mighty yet never repellent pa.s.sion, great sincerity and penetration, and great elevation and beauty of language." _The Chicago Post._

"Mr. Rice ranks among America's choicest poets on account of his power to turn music into words, his virility, and of the fact that he has something of his own to say." _The Boston Globe._

"The whole play breathes forth the indefinable spirit of the Italian renaissance. In poetic style and dramatic treatment it is a work of art." _The Baltimore Sun._

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SONG-SURF

(Being the Lyrics of Plays and Lyrics) by

CALE YOUNG RICE

"Mr. Rice's work betrays wide sympathies with nature and life, and a welcome originality of sentiment and metrical harmony." _Sydney Lee._

"In his lyrics Mr. Rice's imagination works most successfully. He is an optimist--and in these days an optimist is irresistible--and he can touch delicately things too holy for a rough or violent pathos." _The London Star (James Douglas)._

"Mr. Rice's highest gift is essentially lyrical. His lyrics have a charm and grace of melody distinctively their own." _The London Bookman._

"Mr. Rice is keenly responsive to the loveliness of the outside world, and he reveals this beauty in words that sing themselves." _The Boston Transcript._

"Mr. Rice's work is everywhere marked by true imaginative power and elevation of feeling." _The Scotsman._

"Mr. Rice's work would seem to rank with the best of our American poets of to-day." _The Atlanta Const.i.tution._

"Mr. Rice's poems are touched with the magic of the muse. They have inspiration, grace and true lyric quality." _The Book News Monthly._

"Mr. Rice's poetry as a whole is both strongly and delicately spiritual.

Many of these lyrics have the true romantic mystery and charm.... To write thus is no indifferent matter. It indicates not only long work but long brooding on the beauty and mystery of life." _The Louisville Post._

"Mr. Rice is indisputably one of the greatest poets who have lived in America.... And some of these (earlier) poems are truly beautiful." _The Times-Union (Albany, N. Y.)_

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