_Opinions of the Press_:
It is written at white heat from beginning to end; the furnace of the
author's enthusiasm never abates its flame for a moment.... I ransack my
memory in vain for another instance of such unflagging fervor in
literature.... I think it not too much to predict that Mr. Huneker's
estimate of Chopin and his works is destined to be the permanent one. He
gives the reader the cream of the cream of all noteworthy previous
commentators, beside much that is wholly his own. He speaks at once with
modesty and authority, always with personal charm.... Mr. Huneker's
business was to show the world Chopin as he, after years of study and
spiritual communion, had come to see him; and this he has done with a
brilliancy and vividness that leave nothing to be desired.--_Boston
Transcript._
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It is a work of unique merit, of distinguished style, of profound
insight and sympathy, and the most brilliant literary quality.--_New
York Times Review._
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We have received from the Messrs. Scribner an admirable account of
Chopin, considered both as a man and an artist, by James Huneker. There
is no doubt that this volume embodies the most adequate treatment of the
subject that has yet appeared.--_New York Sun._
=CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK=
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