Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
In retrospect Gippius' debut book of poetry has been regarded as the major event in Russian cultural and literary life. "Gippius the poet holds her special place in the Russian literature; her poems are deeply intellectual, immaculate in form and genuinely exciting," the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary wrote in the early 1910s. Critics praised her originality, virtuosity of a wordsmith and called her the "true heir of Baratynsky's muse".