“Both the strength and the weakness of Prof. Schofield’s work may be expressed by saying that it is written from the point of view of a ‘Professor of comparative literature’ rather than from that of an expert in the special literature of Middle English.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 94. Ja. 26. 1540w. |
“The shortcoming is not in scholarship, for the book is a marvel of labor both close and discursive, but in maturity.” Frank Jewett Mather, jr.
| + − | Bookm. 25: 617. Ag. ’07. 1670w. |
“It offers an exceptionally thorough treatment of its period, done in the light of a scholarly tradition that runs from Gaston Paris to Child, and from Child to Professors Kittredge and Norton.”
| + + | Dial. 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 260w. |
“Whatever the merits of Professor Schofield’s book, it is not particularly clear or easy reading.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 452. Ag. 22, ’07. 540w. |
“Tho of less interest to the general reader than to the special student, is to the latter fairly indispensable, in spite of its decided unevenness, as a contribution to the history of a period which has never been treated either quite thoroughly or satisfactorily.”