| + | Cath. World. 86: 117. O. ’07. 470w. |
“Notwithstanding a tendency to repetition and undue elaboration—a conspicuous lack of epigrammatic terseness,—this book is the ripest, thoughtfullest, best piece of work its author has yet produced.”
| + + − | Dial. 42: 344. Je. 1, ’07. 350w. |
“Gives us a scholar’s philosophy of life.”
| + | Ind. 63: 1117. N. 7, ’07. 700w. | |
| + | Lit. D. 35: 61. Jl. 13, ’07. 160w. |
“Mr. Benson’s polished prose and his mastery of style and language serve only to throw into bolder relief the thinness of the substance.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 84. Mr. 15, ’07. 1060w. |
“Remind one of ‘The private papers of Henry Ryecroft,’ graceful and wise and sober, a delightful refreshment in the bustle of modern literature, but lacking in the last incalculable touch of style and insight that make Gissing’s book so memorable.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 330w. |
Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.