Reviewed by Anna B. McMahan.
| + | Dial. 43: 11. Jl. 1. ’07. 130w. |
“It is not often that one is permitted to write with unqualified enthusiasm of a history of art that is encyclopedic in its range, for the reason that few men who have written upon the subject combine Professor Muther’s profound erudition, sureness of judgment, excellence of taste and grace and fluency of expression.”
| + + | Ind. 63: 220. Jl. 25, ’07. 550w. |
“At the end of the English survey only does he fail us.”
| + − | Int. Studio. 32: 167. Ag. ’07. 310w. |
“The author, though there is a certain originality in his method (which is rather psychological than chronological) does not take the very high rank amongst art critics of the day claimed for him. In spite, however, of certain peculiarities of style, he has brought together in a convenient form a vast amount of information, and now and then hits on a very apt comparison.”
| + − | Int. Studio. 32: 334. O. ’07. 230w. |
“Nowhere else can the student turn for an exhaustive critical study of the nineteenth century, a statement which, in itself, declares the unique value of this work.”
| + | Lit. D. 35: 417. S. 21, ’07. 700w. |