| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 613. N. 17. 220w. |
“The welcome feature ... is a distinct originality of theme. Taken altogether, a very readable volume, full of veiled irony, and plainly written with a certain underlying seriousness of purpose.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 25: 286. My. ’07. 300w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 336. My. 25, ’07. 190w. |
“The dignity and serious tone of the book make it quite worth while.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 160w. |
Belcher, John. Essentials in architecture: an analysis of the principles and qualities to be looked for in buildings. *$2. Scribner.
“Everybody who wishes to be able to distinguish between a good building and a bad, to recognize at a glance the best and worst points of the houses he passes in the street, is under a debt of deep gratitude to Mr. Belcher.” (Acad.) “Dividing the work into four main parts, entitled respectively principles, qualities, factors, and materials, Mr. Belcher discourses pleasantly on each, illustrating the points he makes by reference to well-known buildings.” (Ath.)
“Uncompromising in his denunciation of vital defects, Mr. Belcher is as broad-minded as he is sound in his judgments, and his book is remarkably free from whims, fads, and that irrelevant mass of fuss and metaphysics which Ruskin in later years detected in his ‘Seven lamps.’”
| + + | Acad. 73: 769. Ag. 10, ’07. 1030w. |