| + − | Acad. 72: 38. Ja. 12, ’07. 900w. |
“The biographer is too near his subject to see him in true relation with the rest of the world, and the book, pitched on a note of monotonous laudation, makes small attempt at a balanced judgment.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 172. F. 9. 2630w. |
“Mr. Lawton’s well-illustrated volume is a work of close and cogent reasoning, eminently fair and candid, and must promote a better understanding of the relative positions of representatives of the plastic art on questions which seem to involve serious but not necessarily irreconcilable antagonism.”
| + | Dial. 42: 290. My. 1, ’07. 420w. | |
| + | Int. Studio. 31: 164. Ap. ’07. 210w. |
“His biographer ... after a sufficiently entertaining yet exhaustive description of the man and his work, leaves us in considerable doubt whether Pheidias or Praxiteles or Michael Angelo all together could bulk as large and satisfy the soul of the esthete as well as the author of ‘Le Penseur.’” Charles de Kay.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 169. Mr. 23, ’07. 2360w. |
“Though possessing neither psychological penetration nor literary distinction, the book, because of its size and general sincerity of purpose, ranks as one of the most important studies yet published on the solitary plastic Titan of the day.” Christian Brinton.
| + − | Putnam’s. 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 220w. |
* Layard, George Somes. Shirley Brooks of ‘Punch;’ his life, letters and diaries. **$3.50. Holt.