BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Man Against the Sky
It has been some years since Mr. Robinson has given us a new collection of poems. Those who remember "Captain Craig, A Book of Poems," a volume which brought to its author the heartiest of congratulations, placing him at once in the rank of those American writers whose contributions to literature are of permanent value, will welcome this new work and will find that their anticipation of it and hopes for it have been realized.
"A new book by Edwin Arlington Robinson is something of a literary event. . . . In these selections we have the richly assorted best of Robinson; which is the same as saying that we have here one of the most direct and distinctive writers of the day."—Chicago Evening Post.
"He is writing as good poetry as is being written on either side of the Atlantic."—New York Sun.
"Mr. Robinson, with his fascinating, discursive style, is one of the best singers in this country to-day."—Springfield Republican.
The Porcupine: A Drama in Three Acts
Edwin Arlington Robinson's comedy "Van Zorn" proved him to be one of the most accomplished of the younger generation of American dramatists. Of this play the Boston Transcript said "It is an effective presentation of modern life in New York City, in which a poet shows his skill of playwriting . . . he brings to the American drama to-day a thing it sadly lacks, and that is character." In manner and technique Mr. Robinson's new play "The Porcupine" recalls some of the work of Ibsen. Written adroitly and with the literary cleverness exhibited in "Van Zorn" it tells a story of a domestic entanglement in a dramatic fashion well calculated to hold the reader's attention.
"He writes admirable dialogue, and his characters have strong and consistent individuality. Moreover, he has freshness of invention, and knows how to unfold an interesting story in dramatic form."—Nation.
Van Zorn: A Comedy
"The setting is American and the characters are true to the American type. . . . The second act is drama in its highest expression."—San Francisco Chronicle.
"He has done something unique. His comedy depicts life among the artists in Manhattan. It is the first time it has been done by one of the initiated."—Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
"'Van Zorn,' by Edwin Arlington Robinson, might be called a comedy of temperament, introspection, and destiny. It tells an interesting story and is stimulative to thought."—Providence Journal.
"An effective presentation of modern life in New York City, in which a poet shows his skill at prose playwriting . . . he brings into the American drama to-day a thing it sadly lacks, and that is character."—Boston Transcript.
"A lively tale told with humor and dramatic force."—Booknews Monthly.
". . . the attraction of the play is the manner in which from scene to scene the interest is piqued, until at last there is a dénouement almost Shavian in its impudence, that is, in the impudence of the main characters."—Kentucky Post.
Captain Craig, A Book of Poems
"There are few poets writing in English to-day whose work is so permeated by individual charm as is Mr. Robinson's. Always one feels the presence of a man behind the poet—a man who knows life and people and things and writes of them clearly, with a subtle poetic insight that is not visible in the work of any other living writer."—Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
"The 'Book of Annandale,' a splendid poem included in this collection, is one of the most moving emotional narratives found in modern poetry."—Review of Reviews.
". . . His handling of Greek themes reveals him as a lyrical poet of inimitable charm and skill."—Reedy's Mirror.
"A poem that must endure; if things that deserve long life get it."—N. Y. Evening Sun.
"Wherever you hear people who know speak of American poets . . . they assume that you take the genius and place of Edwin Arlington Robinson as granted. . . . A man with something to say that has value and beauty. His thought is deep and his ideas are high and stimulating."—Boston Transcript.
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