“It must hereafter be the standard edition of Shakespeare's plays.”—National Argus.
“It is clear from internal evidence that they are genuine restorations of the original plays.”—Detroit Daily Times.
“This must we think supersede all other editions of Shakespeare hitherto published. Collier's corrections make it really a different work from its predecessors. Compared with it we consider them hardly worth possessing.”—Daily Georgian, Savannah.
“One who will probably hereafter be considered as the only true authority. No one we think, will wish to purchase an edition of Shakespeare, except it shall be conformable to the amended text by Collier.”—Newark Daily Advertiser.
“A great outcry has been made in England against this edition of the bard, by Singer and others interested in other editions; but the emendations commend themselves too strongly to the good sense of every reader to be dropped by the public—the old editions must become obsolete.”—Yankee Blade, Boston.