“An astoundingly frank book.... Frank and brutal and fascinating.... There is talk about art and literature; but the bulk of the volume is given over to narration of various events in the life of Mr. Moore, events as a rule published after a man has joined his forefathers.... It will be all very shocking to our American fiction-fed public, this outspoken declaration of a man who is not afraid to declare that the love passion is a blessing, good wine a boon, art alone enduring.... There are thirteen chapters. Several of them appeared in a Neo-Celtic periodical. Some are veritable short stories. One, the last, is charged with noble images; ‘The lovers of Orelay,’ is the most attractive tale; all are cleverly executed and ring as if sincere.”—N. Y. Times.
“He writes with freedom always, and nowadays with greater grace than he was wont to do. But we wish he would exercise his powers on a more worthy object than a too-elaborate parody; for after all we have really no interest in the sort of man and thing he portrays.”
– + Ath. 1906. 2: 101. Jl. 28. 690w.
“In the English edition and unexpurgated form, ‘Memoirs of my dead life’ is a shocking book, and its present reviewer delights in the statement.” James Huneker.
– N. Y. Times. 11: 613. O. 6, ’06. 1990w.
“When Mr. Moore is content to leave sexual subjects alone, he writes gracefully and effectively on art and music. Although his judgments sometimes appear hasty and superficial, and introduces into his descriptions a wealth they are always fresh and suggestive. He is particularly sensitive to the moods of nature of poetic imagery.”
– + Sat. R. 102: 17. Jl. 7, ’06. 730w.
Moore, J. Howard. Universal kinship. $1. Kerr.
The chief purpose of this volume “is ‘to prove and interpret the kinship of the human species with the other species of animals.’ The first eleven chapters are devoted to ‘a proof of the physical kinship,’ that is a statement of the idea of evolution leading up to man. In the second group—five chapters—the physical kinship is traced, and much that exists in modern society is but a holdover from mere primitive conditions.... Ultimately the author believes peace, justice, and solidarity will rule.”—Ann. Am. Acad.