“His book not only claims to be free from prepossessions, but succeeds much better than most works on Mary Stuart in preserving the mood of objectivity.”
+ Nation. 82: 409. My. 17, ’06. 580w.
“Mr. Henderson may have Mary’s history at his fingers’ ends ... but he has not succeeded in telling what he knows convincingly, or with clearness or fullness. Mrs. MacCunn’s biography is not only far more interesting, but it is fuller.”
– N. Y. Times. 11: 159. Mr. 17, ’06. 430w.
“His is a book for advanced students, and these will find it richly informative.” H. Addington Bruce.
+ + – Outlook. 84: 279. S. 29, ’06. 2920w.
“We have mentioned points susceptible of improvement in the book, but it will be very welcome to the relatively large public which studies the history of the unhappy queen.”
+ Spec. 95: sup. 899. D. 2, ’05. 1780w.
Henderson, William James. Art of the singer; practical hints about vocal technics and style. **$1.25. Scribner.
The results of twenty-five years of study are summed up for the teacher, the student and the lover of singing. “Probably the best thing in Mr. Henderson’s book, the ‘Art of the singer,’ is his defence of that art. In reply to the declaration of an acquaintance that singing is an artificial achievement, he says: ‘The truth is that while speaking is nature, singing is nothing more than nature under high cultivation.’” (Nation.)