Prof. Lounsbury’s book is an admirable specimen of literary biography.… We can recall no recent addition to American biography in any department which is superior to it. It gives the reader not merely a full account of Cooper’s literary career, but there is mingled with this a sufficient account of the man himself apart from his books, and of the period in which he lived, to keep alive the interest from the first word to the last.—New York Evening Post.
“MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI.”
Here at last we have a biography of one of the noblest and the most intellectual of American women, which does full justice to its subject. The author has had ample material for his work,—all the material now available, perhaps,—and has shown the skill of a master in his use of it.… It is a fresh view of the subject, and adds important information to that already given to the public.—Rev. Dr. F. H. Hedge, in Boston Advertiser.
He has filled a gap in our literary history with excellent taste, with sound judgment, and with that literary skill which is preëminently his own.—Christian Union (New York).
Mr. Higginson writes with both enthusiasm and sympathy, and makes a volume of surpassing interest.—Commercial Advertiser (New York).
“RALPH WALDO EMERSON.”
Dr. Holmes has written one of the most delightful biographies that has ever appeared. Every page sparkles with genius. His criticisms are trenchant, his analysis clear, his sense of proportion delicate, and his sympathies broad and deep.—Philadelphia Press.
A biography of Emerson by Holmes is a real event in American Literature.—Standard (Chicago).
“EDGAR ALLAN POE.”
Mr. Woodberry has contrived with vast labor to construct what must hereafter be called the authoritative biography of Poe, a biography which corrects all others, supplements all others, and supersedes all others.—The Critic (New York).