| − + | Acad. 71: 629. D. 22, ’06. 770w. |
“It is agreeable to read this cunning prose, but we must not be forbidden to challenge some of its pontificial assumptions. The charm, however, of these essays lies not in their critical or technical exactitude, but in their incomparably delicate impressionism.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 284. Mr. 9. 1250w. | |
| Current Literature. 42: 297. Mr. ’07. 400w. |
“In at least five cases out of the seven (the exceptions being the articles on architecture and handicraft, the first of which is merely descriptive and the second merely a pointed and forcible repetition of standing truths) he has something good, often something profound to say, not merely on points of detail, but on what he conceives to be the principles of the art in question. And after reading his charming, illuminating, often exquisitely written book, we reach instinctively for an antidote—‘The Republic,’ or ‘What is art?’”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 5: 408. D. 7, ’06. 1000w. |
“Seven essays ... belong to the best of our time. They are indeed discriminating.”
| + | Nation. 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 1000w. |
“Mr. Symons preserves order throughout his book and reproduces for the reader much of his own original aesthetic enjoyment.” Percy Vincent Donovan.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 254. Ap. 20, ’07. 1610w. |
“He has personality, charm, erudition.” James Huneker.