| + + | Acad. 68: 583. Je. 3, ‘05. 1260w. |
“Dr. Brandes is marvelously well read, illuminating in analysis, comprehensive and balanced in his historic outlook. Always searching for the leading idea, he is guilty at times of reading into an author what he is determined to find.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905 2: 168. Ag. 5, 1040w. |
“It is one of its author’s most brilliant performances.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 310w. |
“There is no attempt in Mr. Brandes’ case to suppress the personal equation, or to conceal the bias.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 157. My. 19, ‘05. 2290w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 290w. |
“It is as candid as the ‘tendenz’ will allow, very well informed, highly entertaining, frequently striking, and even useful.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 360. Je. 3, ‘05. 960w. |
“As a proof of Prof. Brandes’s specific judgments of poets and of poems which are chosen for individual mention, they do not always commend themselves as agreeing with the opinion which English critics have given authority.” H. W. Boynton.