“The essential interest and the real value of the little book is its record of the writer’s inner man, not merely of what his bone and flesh and blood and nerves did and suffered, but of his essential personality, perfectly exemplified that ‘as a man thinketh so he is.’”
| + | Nation. 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 400w. |
Salaman, Malcolm Charles. Old engravers of England in their relation to contemporary life and art. *$2. Lippincott.
7–6389.
“In a brief compass the author cannot do more than glance at many of the two hundred and more engravers whom he mentions, but his description of the principal characters is adequate, and the whole army is marshalled before the reader in strict relation to the object of the book.”—Acad.
“This is a novel, interesting and almost romantic book. It clothes the dry bones of black-and-white prints with human attributes, and makes them live. The illustrations considering the low price of the book, are exceptionally good; in fact, some of them may be said to be remarkably beautiful.”
| + | Acad. 72: 117. F. 2, ’07. 700w. |
“His pages flash with coronets, and sentimental rapture.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 742. D. 8. 310w. |