+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 157. Mr. 17, ’06. 1320w.
“It is a rich ‘sheaf of remembrances’ that he has preserved in noteworthy reminiscences and characterizations of gifted men, set forth in finished literary form with here and there a gem of pleasantry and wit.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 717. Mr. 24, ’06. 260w.
Gilman, Lawrence. [Edward MacDowell.] *$1. Lane.
An eighty page monograph of the “American Grieg” uniform with the “Living masters of music” series. “That MacDowell is, ‘in a singularly complete sense the poet of the natural world,’ yet no less the ‘instrument of human emotion;’ that the range of his emotional expression is astonishing; that he has a remarkable gift for extremely compact expression; that his music is ‘touched with the deep and wistful tenderness, the primeval nostalgia;’ that much of its charm lies in its spontaneity and the utter lack of self-consciousness; that no musician has felt the spell of the ocean as has MacDowell ... these and other characteristic points, Mr. Gilman dwells on, thus giving his readers as good an idea of the music as can be obtained without hearing it.” (Nation.)
“In spite of some annoyances of style, a love of high-sounding but little meaning words and phrases, Mr. Gilman manages to depict the character of his subject’s work in such a way as to convey a distinct impression.”
+ – Acad. 70: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 310w.
“Mr. Gilman has given a sympathetic and reasonably comprehensive account of his life and work.”
+ Critic. 49: 189. Ag. ’06. 100w.