Word: putnam
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...nothing, but the usual state of unrest in youthful, bosoms. The verse of Mr. Norris is even graceful, if nothing else; his "August Night" is an example of free verse more sincere and pleasing than is often found among the poems of the High Priestess of vers libre. Mr. Putnam translates a Horatian ode into blank verse; since Horace does better in a swinging meter, an appreciative translation loses interest. Mr. Parson's free verse seems strained and unhappy; the idea of the same poet's "Art" deserves a better expression. Mr. Allinson contributes to the campaign literature...
...sketches in prose Mr. Putnam's have vigor of both thought and expression, while Mr. Cabot's have neither. Mr. Davidson's story about the pianola girl is slight, perhaps obvious, to the critic, but certainly not to the "tired College student" and the "tired business man." Mr. Mardigan's letter on military science is forceful and true; it should be read by every man who intends to condemn the Regiment. "The Regiment is gone; unmourned, to be sure, but not unappreciated...
...verse "Return," by Mr. Norris and Mr. Cutler's "A Few Friends," are easily the best. Mr. Norris has an economy of phrase and tranquility of thought truly remarkable, while Mr. Cutler's delicacy of thought and rhythms remind us of the writers of the French Renaissance. Mr. Putnam, celebrating Milton, has some truly beautiful lines toward the end of the poem, but the beginning is somewhat stilted, and the beginning of a piece is of such enormous artistic import that it over-clouds the beauty of thought which in this instance is surely present...
...Preparedness in a nutshell" is the best phrase that could be used to describe Lucien Howe's new book. "Universal Military Education" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York). Dr. Howe has had valuable experience with young men of all ages and conditions, and, as he tells us in his preface, he soon learned in the course of his medical career "how much people might be improved by a little systematic training in promptness, exactness, restraint, efficiency and other soldierly qualities." And aside from the incalculable benefits to the individuals that should urge us toward, some system of military training...
...would be a sad thing and not to the credit of any of us if we allowed the sacrifice of our dead countrymen and comrades to go unremembered, and the efforts of the valued living to go unrewarded. ALFRED PUTNAM...