Books: Poets in Love

THE IMMORTAL LOVERS (344 pp.) —Frances Winwar—Harper ($4).

"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett,—and this is no offhand complimentary letter that I shall write . . . and there a graceful and natural end of the thing . . . In this addressing myself to you—your own self, and for the first time, my feeling rises altogether. I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart—and I love you too."

When this arrow, dipped in the hot ink of a young poet, transfixed the heart of dear Miss Barrett, one of the most celebrated love...

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