“So far as the impression made by the book on the present reviewer is concerned, the future of the reputation of ‘the virtuous Jean Jacques Rousseau’ lies still on the knees of the gods.”
| + − | Ind. 62: 327. F. 7, ’07. 1230w. |
“She writes rather like the advocate who sought to secure the acquittal of his client by abusing the plaintiff’s attorney. That is the weak side of her work. But she has nevertheless made a literary discovery for which credit must be ungrudgingly accorded.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 5: 337. O. 5, ’06. 1850w. |
“Her work is an honor to her head and heart, and as a repository is indispensable to every Rousseau library.”
| + + | Nation. 83: 556. D. 27, ’06. 3490w. |
“Mrs. Macdonald has only brushed away some calumniating gossip; the main questions at issue are as they were a century ago.” James Huneker.
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 902. D. 29, ’06. 1330w. |
“However significant the results of Mrs. MacDonald’s investigations may prove, she herself has not worked them out in a manner above criticism.”
| − + | Outlook. 86: 337. Je. 15, ’07. 900w. |