Ahead of all poets, pioneering into the wilderness of unopened life. Whitman ... His wide, strange camp at the end of the great high-road. Donald Hall s selection of Whitman s verse contains all the essential poems. ' . . his extremely helpful introduction is both stimulating and thought-provoking and would certainly encourage a new reader. ... In general this is an excellent anthology; a poet himself, Mr Hall speaks with insight and enthusiasm of Whitman s art. Susan M. Cockcroft in the Journal of American Studies. 1979, 176 pages of poetry, 5 by 7 1/4"