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Published by Groombridge and Sons.
NIGHT AND THE SOUL;
A DRAMATIC POEM.
By STANYAN BIGG.
Crown 8vo, cloth, price 6s.
Noble and truthful. Beauties lie thick as stars upon the floor of Heaven—Sheffield Times.
Here is a book that will not die — it throbs with a vitality that will endure. The poet stands before us, and we are fascinated by his divine art. The work is felt to be a reality and a power, and commends itself by its pathos, purity, and elegance.—Christian Weekly News.
Nowhere out of ‘Festus’ do we find passages which heave and hurry along with a more genuine afflatus than in many of Mr. Bigg's pages. On the future career of such a one there can rest no shadows of uncertainty.—From a Criticism by George Gilfillan, author of ‘The Bards of the Bible.’
There is much of vigour and beauty both of thought and expression in the poem before us.—Eclectic Review.
‘Night and the Soul’ is a remarkable performance, and will take its stand with the ‘Festus’ of Bailey.—Daily Express.
We question whether there is any modern instance where selections from a poem would more dazzle a reader. "We can scarcely applaud too loudly, or too warmly.—Critic.
‘Night and the Soul’ at once places Stanyan Bigg in the front rank of English poets.—Bucks Chronicle.
In carefully going through this poem, we meet flashes of inspiration, and fine thoughts scattered with a bounteous hand.—Eliza Cook’s Journal.
Surpassed by nothing that we have met with in the whole compass of recent poetry.—Glasgow Christian News.
This poetry is indeed what it professes to be. Its ring is the ring of genuine metal.—Whitehaven Herald.
How it sparkles with gems! Beautiful pieces of imagery stand out from every page.—Random Readings.
We pay willing tribute to the magnificence of the diction, the profuse prodigality of the imagery, and the air of grandeur pervading it.—Weekly Dispatch.
‘Night and the Soul’ is a great poem. The passages are endless which we might be tempted to quote. It is altogether a work of great fascination.—Forres, Elgin, and Nairn Gazette.
Deep in philosophy, splendid in diction, and at once gorgeous and delicate in imagery, it has few compeers among the poetical productions of our time; we rank Stanyan Bigg as the poet, par excellence, of the rising generation.—Church of England Quarterly Review.
This is no volume to skim lightly over. ‘Night and the Soul’ is a poem undoubtedly of remarkable vigour of thought, and abounding with passages of great poetical power.—Dublin University Magazine.
