Benson, Arthur Christopher (Christopher Carr and T. B., pseuds.). [Upton letters.] **$1.25. Putnam.
+ + Outlook. 84: 716. N. 24, ’06. 550w.
Benson, Arthur Christopher (T. B. pseud.). Walter Pater. **75c. Macmillan.
A life of Walter Pater written for the “English men of letters” series. The biography “is arranged chronologically in seven chapters; each chapter stands as a complete story either of events or of mental development. Pater’s early and long-forgotten writings are recalled, the raison d’etre of his Oxford life is clearly defined, the authorship of ‘Marius the Epicurean’ is analyzed with much care, and, finally, the fifty-odd pages devoted to ‘Personal characteristics’ are an achievement in graphic and intimate personalia which will doubtless be generously cited by reviewers of the book.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The life of Pater could not have fallen into safer, kindlier, or more sympathetic keeping than that of Mr. Arthur Benson.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 659. Je. 2. 1700w.
“The biographer has entered so thoroughly into the spirit of his work that he writes of Pater with almost Pater’s own felicity.”
+ + Critic. 49: 206. S. ’06. 860w.
“On the whole, however, the book is to be counted among the best of this excellent series.”