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...book has small interest to the lovers of biography, for it is primarily intended for students of the history of literature. The Matchless Orinda led the uninteresting life of wife of a country gentleman of that period and died before she had even reached her prime. Of the small details of her life, which would be necessary to create an attractive biography there remain almost none. Dr. Souers has been forced to reconstruct a large part of her life from her letters and sporadic poems...
...students of Seventeenth Century English literature the publication of this book on the life and works of Katherine Philips by Dr. Souers will come as a welcome event. Orinda (this was the enchanting pseudonym under which Mrs. Philips went) was considered worthy by her age to be called the matchless, but posterity has not been so indulgent with its favor and consequently a reliable copy of her writings is now very rare. In his critical study of the poetess the author has included all of the important products of her none-too-fluent pen, especially her highly interesting letters...
...MATCHLESS ORINDA...
...Poetry and the Criticism of Life," by H. W. Garrod, and "The Matchless Orinda," by P. W. Souers, instructor and tutor in the Department of English, are two volumes which the Harvard University Press will issue early in February, it was announced yesterday at Randall Hall...
...Matchless Orinda" by P. W. Souers '27, instructor in English doals with the activities of Mrs. Katherine Phillips in the literary circles of the Commonwealth and the Restoration. Mrs. Phillips was the first woman in England to be recognized as a poetess...