| + + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 600w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“In general it seems that here there is a marked improvement [in the translation]; it is very faithful and at the same time the English is usually free from the influence of the foreign idiom. Occasionally the rendering does not allow for the difference in the connotation of the same word in the two languages.”
| + + − | Dial. 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“It is to begin with, erudite; one feels confident that the author has sifted the enormous mass of material accumulated about every step of Goethe’s career. In the metaphysical parts it is excellent, almost impeccable. We commend heartily the translation of this work and recognize its undoubted value; but we must add frankly that it is in no sense of the word in the tradition of great literature.”
| + + | Ind. 63: 514. Ag. 29, ’07. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
Reviewed by J. Perry Warden.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 464. Jl. 27, ’07. 2210w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“The work lacks the supreme test of the biographer as interpreter. In this respect this ‘Life of Goethe’ remains incomplete, but in all else it is a masterly production. Crowning merit of a notable achievement, the biography, with all its scholarly thoroughness, is yet even better adapted to the needs of the general public for which it has been primarily written than to those of the special student.” A. Schade van Westrum.
| + + − | No. Am. 186: 442. N. ’07. 1640w. (Review of v. 2.) |
Bierer, Everard. Evolution of religions. **$2. Putnam.