Vol. 17 No. 2 1950 - page 209

A POET'S YOUTH
By ALLAN DOWLING
FRANK HARRIS TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW:-"Dowling is the
ablest American I have seen in these long years."
SHAW TO HARRIS:-"You can bend the bow of Ulysses. and other
critics cannot."
JOHN MACY TO DOWLlNG-"Your poems have one fundamental
quality: they sound as
if
you meant them. as
if
they sprang from a real
emotional impulse. a feeling. idea. and were not made merely by electric
light and the determination to write verse. When do we see the next
volume?"
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THE FIVE JEWELS
A Myth by ALLAN DOWLING
JOHN CROWE RANSOM-"A fine piece of fantasy."
MARK VAN DOREN-liVery fresh and delightful in its fancy."
WALLACE STEVENS-"While everything about this piece is poetic.
it
is
written in most capable prose."
HORACE GREGORY-liThe quality of the prose itself was a delight
to me: its clarity. its freshness."
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