“The necessity to be poetic, to live up to his matter, has been too much for him.”
| — + | Ind. 59: 457. Ag. 24, ‘05. 220w. |
“This is likely to stand as one of the best of the numerous short critical lives of its provocative poet.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 531. Je. 29, ‘05. 350w. |
“His treatment of Browning the poet and man shows considerable insight and unusual sanity.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 304. My. 6, ‘05. 280w. |
“His study of Browning is intelligent, sympathetic, and well balanced.”
| + + + | Outlook. 79: 1015. Ap. 22, ‘05. 280w. |
“He has a gift of selection and juxtaposed selection which remarkably increases the pleasure of reading this sort of criticism. But the scheme of the book runs parallel with how many others.”
| + | Sat. R. 99: 849. Je. 24, ‘05. 110w. |