“These lectures are not only full of thought, they are also written, it is superfluous to say, in admirable English.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 48. Ja. 14, ‘05. 320w. |
[*] “The style throughout is admirable. It would be difficult to say too much in praise of this most scholarly book.”
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 717. N. 25. 1500w. |
“Mr. Butcher’s own style is admirably suited to such essays as these. No one can read them without recognizing how desirable it is that a synthetic mind like his should handle these larger questions of classical scholarship.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 233. Mr. 23, ‘05. 1700w. |
“The title of Greek to retain its ancient place in education of the broader kind is convincingly supported by Mr. Butcher in this volume. The book needs no recommendation to Hellenists. It may be cordially commended to the attention of the more open-minded and liberal of those who consider Greek a cumberer of the modern stage.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 600w. |
“So illuminating an interpretation of the Greek spirit. Knows his subject, and he deals with it in the freshest way and in the most human spirit.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 449. F. 18, ‘05. 260w. |