SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON "THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD" VOL. II.
HIS DOMINION These reviews/comments followed the original release
of His Dominion in 1908. Miss Charlotte Mason has now given us the
second instalment of her elaborate work in verse on "The Saviour of
the World." . . . Miss Mason renders into graceful and original
verse part of the story of Christ as found in the Gospels. She
seeks to cover each incident in His career, and each notable saying
to which He gave utterance, in a single poem, the series to form a
complete story. Her obvious sincerity and the high aim which is
everywhere apparent make her pleasing verses singularly attractive.
She is reverent throughout and always dignified. -Dundee Advertiser
Miss Mason has much of the subtle skill of Browning, and her
effusions breathe everywhere a spirit of deep devotion to "The
Saviour of Mankind." -Catholic Times Miss Mason's gracefully
versified tractate in Christian theology-for that is what the poem
is-should be read without weariness by the devout . . . On its
literary side the book will readily evoke the admiration and
sympathy of readers who like to have familiar lessons of
Christianity refreshed by good workmanship in metrical art.
-Scotsman The first volume met with a very cordial reception, and
now the talented authoress gives her second volume to the world. .
. . The authoress employs the choicest language, and shows great
skill in versification. The whole work, in fact, aims at giving the
whole of the Gospel story in verse-not a small task, by any means,
but one for which Miss Mason seems to be specially endowed.
-Western Mail Miss Mason here continues what she modestly describes
as a "paraphrase in verse" of the Gospel story. As the writer aptly
remarks, such a theme as this, in its sacred utterances and
dramatic situations, finds a better medium of presentation in
poetry than in prose. The first stage or act of the inspired
narrative, The Holy Infancy, being completed, Miss Mason passes on
to the Ministry of Our Lord at its commencement and first teaching
(Sermon on the Mount and earlier parables), and first miracles . .
. the sequence of the work is marked no less by the skill of the
author than by the reverent spirit in which it is composed. Echoes
of George Herbert and of Isaac Williams are to be caught here and
there in the various pieces, as. E.g. where paraphrasing a passage
in the Sermon on the Mount, Miss Mason writes: - "Nay, keep thy
soul at eve, Nor e'er perceive The heavy odour of an unchaste
thought." It would be difficult to express better the "atmosphere"
of the new Paradise "regained" by Christ in place of that which was
lost. -Bookseller The same careful, reverent handling of holy
things characterises this new volume, which, like the former, is a
paraphrase, in blank verse chiefly, of the Gospel narrative.
-Guardian
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