"The Poems of Philip Henry Savage," consisting of a reprint of the author's earlier work, with some posthumous verse contains much that will be read with pleasure and more that is of indifferent merit. A sympathetic yet admirably frank introduction by Daniel G. Mason '95 gives an attractive picture of Mr. Savage as a man, and puts the reader in an appreciative mood. An ever-present love of nature is evident in nearly all of the poems. Especially do the shorter verses catch and hold this quality, happily phrased and musical as they often are. At times, however, there is too much of the observer and not enough of the poet in evidence, since the verses rely for their effect rather on delicacy of conception than on depth of purpose.

Mr. Savage was a Harvard graduate, entering the College in 1889. In 1895-6 he was an assistant instructor in the Department of English. His death occurred on June 4, 1899.

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