+ +Nation. 80: 506. Je. 22, ‘05. 1890w.
+N. Y. Times. 10: 24. Ja. 14, ‘05. 340w.

“An intellectual treat. The originality, the analytical ability, the poetic perception.... Into all phases of his task he throws himself with enthusiasm. If he is not always convincing, he is always helpful, the sum total of his efforts being to produce a work which is really a welcome and distinctly useful addition to the already voluminous literature on the subject.”

+ +Outlook. 79: 247. Ja. 28, ‘05. 190w.

“From the beginning to the end the level is sustained, exact criticism never sinks, and at times there is in the interpretation an imagination and a poetry which make the book in the truest sense a work of creation. His explanations are so lucid, so compelling that, novel though many of them are, we are almost invariably convinced. We have no hesitation in putting Professor Bradley’s book far above any modern Shakespearean criticism that we know, worthy to rank very near the immortal work of Lamb and Coleridge.”

+ + +Spec. 94: 138. Ja. 28, ‘05. 2120w.

Bradley, Henry. Making of English. [*]$1. Macmillan.

The avowed object of this book is “to give educated readers unversed in philology some notions of the excellencies and defects of modern English as an instrument of expression.” The author discusses first the grammar, second the vocabulary, of our language. The history of the decay of inflection and the development of the new machinery which took its place is given, and the principles of composition, derivation and root creation are discussed at length. The closing chapter deals with the contribution of individual writers.

“English-speaking people, especially Americans, whose interest in their own language has always been conspicuous, will ask nothing better than to study its history under Dr. Bradley’s guidance.”

+ +Outlook. 79: 1054. Ap. 29, ‘05. 2060w.

Bradley, William Aspenwall. William Cullen Bryant. [**]75c. Macmillan.