Mr. Rice never [like Stephen Phillips] mistakes strenuous phrase for strong thought. He makes his blank verse his servant, and it has the stage merit of possessing the freedom of prose while retaining the impassioned movement of poetry. _The Glasgow (Scotland) Herald._
These firm and vivid pieces of work are truly welcome as examples of poetic force that succeeds without the help of poetic license. _The Literary World (London.)_
We do not possess a living American poet whose utterance is so clear, so felicitous, so free from the inane and meretricious folly of sugared lines.... No one has a better understanding of the development of dramatic action than Mr. Rice. _The Book News Monthly (Albert S. Henry.)_
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"These poems are flashingly, glowingly full of the East.... What I am sure of in Mr. Rice is that here we have an American poet whom we may claim as ours." _The North American Review (William Dean Howells)._
"Mr. Rice has the gift of leadership ... and he is a force with whom we must reckon." _The Boston Transcript._
... "We find here a poet who strives to reach the goal which marks the best that can be done in poetry." _The Book News Monthly (A. S. Henry)._
"When you hear the pessimists bewailing the good old time when real poets were abroad in the land ... do not fail to quote them almost anything by Cale Young Rice, a real poet writing to-day.... He has done so much splendid work one can scarcely praise him too highly." _The San Francisco Call._
"In 'Many Gods' the scenes are those of the East, and while it is not the East of Loti, Arnold or Hearn, it is still a place of brooding, majesty, mystery and subtle fascination. There is a temptation to quote such verses for their melody, dignity of form, beauty of imagery and height of inspiration." _The Chicago Journal._
"'Love's Cynic' (a long poem in the volume) might be by Browning at his best." _Pittsburg Gazette-Times._
"This is a serious, and from any standpoint, a successful piece of work ... in it are poems that will become classic." _Passaic (New Jersey) News._
"Mr. Rice must be hailed as one among living masters of his art, one to whom we may look for yet greater things." _Presbyterian Advance._