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Two Books too Many
January 18, 1866 issue

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The article focuses on two books by George H. Calvert, "Anyta and Other Poems" and "The Gentleman." "The Gentleman," seems a superfluous book, but as for Calvert's volume of poems, it is worse than useless, for bad verse is one of the worst things in the world. It contains, first, a number of lyrics in celebration of a child called "Anyta," then brief poems on miscellaneous subjects, and then a series of sonnets addressed to the great men of all ages. "Anyta" is metaphysical and rhapsodical, and each thought or feeling is supposed to complete itself in a single impulse of song, as in "In Memoriam."

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LITERATURE; ANYTA & Other Poems (Book); GENTLEMAN, The (Book); CALVERT, George H.; POETRY; SONNETS
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