“He does not seem to understand that unstinted praise of everything that Hawthorne wrote is not criticism.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 603. My. 18. 370w. |
“Its style is rambling and diffuse—a fault not offset by any keenness of criticism in the chapters devoted to what he proclaims as the distinctive feature of his work.”
| − + | Dial. 42: 45. Ja. 16, ’07. 360w. |
“The author of this new ‘Life of Hawthorne’ comes to his task with some advantages over the ordinary biographer and critic. To a keen sympathy and with vivid admiration of the genius of our one great romancer he adds some personal acquaintance with him and his surroundings.”
| + | Ind. 62: 446. F. 21, ’07. 390w. |
“In spite of all that has been published in the note-books, in Horatio Bridge’s memoirs, and in Julian Hawthorne’s biography, there are even new facts to be found here, some of which are interesting and valuable. But the best reason for reading the book lies in this—it furnishes a perfect example or what a biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne should not be.”
| − + | N. Y. Times. 12: 68. F. 2, ’07. 620w. |
* Stearns, Frank Preston. Life and public services of George Luther Stearns. **$2. Lippincott.