+ + – Ath. 1906, 1: 321. Mr. 17. 1660w. (Review of v. 1.) + + Critic. 48: 364. Ap. ’06. 2180w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Bielschowsky’s book, by reason of its fuller and more accurate information will now take the place in our libraries that Mr. Lewes’s held so long. Professor Cooper’s translation is, in general, a very satisfactory piece of work. The language is usually well-chosen, and renders the thought, and in some degree the style, of the original.” Lewis A. Rhoades.
+ + Dial. 40: 85. F. 1, ’06. 1840w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Is remarkable for the impartiality with which, as a general thing, it keeps the balance between literature and scholarship.”
+ + Ind. 61: 1163. N. 15, ’06. 100w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Bielschowsky has brought to his task the two indispensable requisites: on the one hand, familiarity with the details of Goethe research, a world of scholarship by itself; on the other hand, the ability to think and feel and enjoy independently and to write with clearness and charm.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 430. My. 24, ’06. 2250w.
“Two things seem defective in this volume: Bielschowsky has been no more successful than his predecessors in getting at the details incident to Goethe’s administration of public office at Weimar, and less even than others has he appreciated the dramatic significance of Goethe’s first touch with Schiller when Goethe visited the military school in Würtemberg, which he disposes of in two lines.” J. Perry Worden.
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 136. Mr. 3, ’06. 1620w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Is probably the most complete and authoritative life of Goethe.”