“It is something to the credit of the author that he has done what he evidently set out to do, and those who can master the dialect may like those parts of the book which fail to attract us.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 130w. |
“The author has looked with clear and kindly eyes upon life, and is concerned only to portray it as it is. The result is a novel of very real value.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 72. F. 2, ’07. 500w. |
“Mr. Cautley’s novel is too long, but there is good stuff in it.”
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 148. F. 2, ’07. 150w. |
Cellini, Benvenuto. [Life of Benvenuto Cellini]; tr. and ed. by John Addington Symonds, with an introd. to this ed. by Royal Cortissoz. 2v. **$6. Brentano’s.
6–40203.
This edition is complete enough for the student and artistic enough in book workmanship for the collector. Besides Mr. Symonds’ introductory material, Royal Cortissoz presents a “sympathetic though critical” interpretation of the “discrepancy between Cellini’s personal forcefulness and artistic achievement.”