Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1916 — By-Products of Famous Men. [ARTICLE]

By-Products of Famous Men.

“Little Verses and Big Names," recently published, has some of the smallest verses, both as to quantity and quality, in the history of poetry, and it can boast of some of the biggest names in our contemporary life. Only three of the poets shall be mentioned here. Myron T. Herrick’s lightness of touch suggests that at some-formative period of his career his name began with a “D,” and that Robert of the pastoral lute is no an cestor. John D. Archbold takes up his lyre (spelling correct) and sings of trußts. James J. Hill, who bound a continent with steel, is represented by limericks that show the effect of Northwest snowß upon the muse. But the critic is disarmed. The poets represented to this remarkable anthology attempted |q mount Pegasus only to s®rv ; fr-% very worthy charity. In these days of the cult of the vocational test, however. “Little Verses and Big Names” serves a purpose. We now know why the possessors of the big names have written so little verse. —Cincinnati Tlmes-Star.