This early work by Tod Robbins was originally published in 1912 and we
are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The
Scales of Justice and Other Poems' is one of Robbins's collections of
poetry. Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins was born in Brooklyn, New York in
1888. During his youth he had a somewhat conflicting interest in both
athletics in poetry, and at Washington and Lee University was both
editor of the year book and captain of the track team at the same time.
In 1917, after two largely unnoticed novels and a poetry collection,
Robbins published what is now his most famous work, The Unholy Three.
Robbins is largely forgotten today; apart from 'Spurs', most of his
writings have been out of print for over half a century. Some critics
see this as a great shame, and regard Robbins as an important writer in
the canons of horror and mystery fiction.