| + + | N. Y. Times. 12:26. Ja. 19, ’07. 360w. |
“It is our opinion that he has pressed the theories of the picturesque school to a dangerous extreme, and he could have attained his purpose with even greater surety, and without any sacrifice of the dramatic elements of the story, by writing with more restraint.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 855. Ap. 13, ’07. 1330w. |
“The book, take it for all in all, is interesting although badly written, and its unflinching, almost infernal honesty of purpose places it far above the too-abundant crop of ‘Memoirs,’ ‘Lifes’ and ‘Notes’ about the doings of quite unimportant men, which literally stuff the libraries.” R. B. Cunninghame Graham.
| + + − | Sat. R. 102: 576. N. 10, ’06. 1750w. |
Young, Alexander Bell Filson. Mastersingers. *$1.25. Lippincott.
“A republication, with some additions, of a series of essays on musical subjects which appeared several years ago and which has therefore won something more than ephemeral recognition in England and America.... Some of the essays are ‘programme’ interpretations of great symphonies like Beethoven’s Pastoral and Tschaikowsky’s Pathetic; ‘Tristan and and Isolde’ is a more objective description of Wagner’s great drama of love and death; and ‘The spirit of the piano’ is a very just appreciation of Chopin’s genius.”—Dial.
“As the work of so youthful a writer ... these papers display a remarkable maturity of thought and even world wisdom; and the fervid intensity of many passages is intelligible and excusable.” Josiah Renick Smith.
| + | Dial. 42: 224. Ap. 1, ’07. 170w. |