| + + | Dial. 42: 220. Ap. 1, ’07. 1090w. |
“Mr. Lee’s latest contribution to Shakespearean literature is based, as all his other books are, upon a scholarship that is remarkably solid and sane. Hence it is sure to appeal to the limited audience interested in English and, particularly, in Shakespearean studies.” W. P. Trent.
| + + | Forum. 38: 376. Ja. ’07. 1720w. |
“These are good, sound papers, worth preserving; and if we sometimes wish that the ‘intention’ were kept a little more ‘private’ ... it is an intention in which all may join.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 5: 385. D. 14, ’06. 1160w. |
“Among the most interesting papers in Mr. Lee’s volumes are those on Shakespere’s philosophy, oral traditions, and the perils of unscientific research. There is not a dull page in the book.”
| + + | Nation. 83: 444. N. 22, ’06. 1160w. |
“Though another student of the stage may be moved to dispute an occasional opinion of Mr. Lee’s, no student of the stage can fail to feel respect for the solid scholarship which sustains these collected essays and for the sobriety and sanity which is visible in whatever Mr. Lee writes.” Brander Matthews.
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 42. Ja. 26, ’07. 900w. |
“One of his strongest claims to attention is the fact that he has rigorously held the speculative impulse in check, and has brought to the study of the dramatist, not only as much knowledge as any man of his time, but robust common sense.”