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AN ENCHANTED CASTLE, AND OTHER POEMS:
PICTURES, PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE IN IRELAND.
By Sarah M. B. Piatt.
Small Crown 8vo, Cloth, gilt top, 3s. 6d.
The Queen, July, 22, 1893.
'Perhaps it may not be too much to say that no more notable or charming book of verse has ever been contributed by a foreign resident to illustrate some aspects of the life and romantic atmosphere of Ireland.'
The Times, July 7, 1893.
'The writer touches the life, but happily not the politics, of Ireland with a pen which is felicitous, sympathetic, and melodious.'
The Manchester Examiner, July 26, 1893.
'The land itself is to her an enchanted island, and she is never tired of singing its praises. She also evinces a hearty sympathy with the people, of whom she gives many bright and pleasant pictures.'
The Saturday Review, October 7, 1893.
'They deal with present-day scenes and events, and with old legends and romantic lore, and in both descriptions of lyric the author's personality is strongly revealed, and often with delightful piquancy. Where so much is characteristic of the singer, and so many of the songs really singable and true singing, there is no need to cite examples of Mrs. Piatt's lyrical gift.'
The Scotsman, July 3, 1893.
'The poems always give expression to a strong and tender sympathy, not with the national aspirations of the Irish, but with the lovable humanities in their character. The charm of the book is a strong one, however difficult to characterise; but Mrs. Piatt, familiar to every reader of poetry in America, is already widely enough known here to make it a praise of a book to say that it is characteristic of her. The special knowledge of the mind and heart of children, which is, perhaps, the most distinctive note of her poetry, comes out in the present volume in more than one delightful instance, and the book will be read with a warm enjoyment by lovers of poetry in general, and in particular by every one who can appreciate the better side of the Irish character.'
The Academy, September 2, 1893.
