| + + | Outlook. 85: 482. F. 23, ’07. 250w. |
“In his new volume of essays on Shakespearean subjects he is always interesting, and instructive, but he is very rarely sympathetic. Mr. Lee’s essays, however, have a great deal more in them than an occasional unpleasant hardness of tone. They are full of matter, lucidly arranged and carefully substantiated. They are serious and scholarly contributions to the literature of Shakespearean criticism.”
| + + − | Spec. 97: 887. D. 1, ’06. 2190w. |
Lee, Sidney. Stratford-on-Avon: from the earliest times to the death of Shakespeare; il. by Herbert Railton. *$1.50. Lippincott.
“Among the mass of modern Shakespeariana which grows vaster with every publishing season, it is a relief to find one book on Stratford that deals with the town for its own rather than for the great poet’s sake. This picturesque account of Stratford’s early history,—its old markets and fairs, its nobility, its guild, its village sports and industries,—serves not only to make a setting for the life of Shakespeare, but also to bring out much that, having nothing to do with him, is nevertheless quaint and characteristic.”—Dial.
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 54. F. ’07. |
“Mr. Lee has revised his text to bring it strictly up to date, and has added considerable information which historical researches since 1890 have brought to light.”
| + | Dial. 41: 461. D. 16, ’06. 200w. | |
| + | Int. Studio. 30: 185. D. ’06. 190w. |
“The book deserves to be read not only as being supplementary of Mr. Lee’s biography of the poet, but also in connection with George Brandes’s ‘Life of Shakespeare,’ whose bold theories become more interesting in the comparison.”