“He [Norton] has performed a delicate task with exquisite taste.” Jeanette L. Gilder.
| + + + | Critic. 46: 117. F. ‘05. 950w. | |
| + + + | Ind. 58: 957. Ap. 27, ‘05. 560w. | |
| + + | Nation. 80: 36. Ja. 12, ‘05. 2430w. |
“Read with an eye single to the revelation of personality, there is hardly a letter here included that does not yield something of value, and the effect of the whole is to give us the conviction that we may now approach closer to the real Ruskin than has hitherto been possible even with the assistance of his ablest interpreters.”
| + + + | Outlook. 79: 139. Ja. 14, ‘05. 2170w. |
“The letters are indeed revelatory, but, for the most part, they are revelatory of a woeful instability of purpose and of a pitiful misery of mind. Except incidentally and occasionally, they cannot be said to add dignity to the name of the man they characterize.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 497. Mr. ‘05. 710w. |
“Professor Norton was one of Ruskin’s closest friends, and these letters make an excellent biography of the great Englishman.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 249. F. ‘05. 150w. |
“Fascinating as these letters are to read, their one subject is Himself, his own troubles, his own work, his own knowledge: from beginning to end it is I.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 407. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1930w. |