[*] “In its new dress, therefore, and with its score of excellent half-tones, the book should find a wider public than ever.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 130w. |
“Taken altogether, perhaps the most notable and significant book of art criticism pure and simple, not only of the year, but of several years.”
| + + + | Ind. 59: 691. S. 21, ‘05. 640w. |
[*] “For incisive analysis and illuminative appreciation Mr. Cox’s little book of essays, ‘Old masters and new,’ is the most significant and the most valuable work in art criticism pure and simple issued in many a long day.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 40w. |
“Mr. Cox’s ideas are sound and put with candour and balance.”
| + + + | Int. Studio. 25: sup. 88. Je. ‘05. 190w. |
“Where Mr. Cox speaks as an artist (and he nearly always does), it is not easy to take issue with him, for he knows remarkably well what he is talking about. Now and then one may disagree with him about other matters.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 461. Je. 8, ‘05. 830w. | |
| + + | Nation. 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 60w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 282. Ap. 29, ‘05. 300w. |