Word: nathalia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nursery wall and his mother-unless she be crass indeed-will recognize that his painting may some day amaze the world. Thus every U. S. home has its potential Mozart. But a year ago, to a startled public, was revealed the most extraordinary prodigy of them all-Nathalia Crane, 11-year-old poet, "The Baby Browning of Brooklyn," whose first volume of verse, The Janitor's Boy, was heralded by critics to be a work of genius...
...created an atmosphere of surprising toleration and intelligence in the home if they wish to read poetry on the day of rest, instead of exercising, modern children, resort no longer to Lewis Carroll and R. L. S. They turn for mental nourishment to the subtle lyrics of Miss Nathalia Crane, aged ten or eleven, who has just published "The Janitor's Boy, and Other Poems", to the sound of subdued cheers from the press of the country...