"Exceedingly well done; its interest and usefulness, we think, may pass without question."--_Publishers' Circular._
"In a singularly industrious and exhaustive manner he has set himself to make clear the obscure and to accentuate the beautiful in Robert Browning's poem ... must have involved infinite labour and research. It cannot be doubted that the book will be widely sought for and warmly appreciated."--_Daily Telegraph._
"Dr. Berdoe tackles every allusion, every proper name, every phase of thought, besides giving a most elaborate analysis of each poem. He has produced what we might almost call a monumental work."--_Literary Opinion._
"This cyclopædia may certainly claim to be by a long way the most efficient aid to the study of Browning that has been published, or is likely to be published.... Lovers of Browning will prize it highly, and all who wish to understand him will consult it with advantage."--_Baptist Magazine._
"The work has evidently been one of love, and we doubt whether any one could have been found better qualified to undertake it."--_Cambridge Review._
"All readers of Browning will feel indebted to Dr. Berdoe for his interesting accounts of the historical facts on which many of the dramas are based, and also for his learned dissertations on 'The Ring and the Book' and 'Sordello.'"--_British Medical Journal._
"The work is so well done that no one is likely to think of doing it over again."--_The Critic_ (New York).
"This work reflects the greatest credit on Dr. Berdoe and on the Browning Society, of which he is so distinguished a member,--it is simply invaluable."--_The Hawk._
"The Cyclopædia has at any rate brought his (Browning's) best work well within the compass of all serious readers of intelligence--Browning made easy."--_The Month._
=BROWNING'S MESSAGE TO HIS TIME. His Religion, Philosophy, and Science.= With Portrait and Facsimile Letters. Second edition, price 2_s._ 6_d._
"Full of admiration and sympathy."--_Saturday Review._
"Much that is helpful and suggestive."--_Scotsman._
"Should have a wide circulation, it is interesting and stimulative."--_Literary World._
"It is the work of one who, having gained good himself, has made it his endeavour to bring the same good within the reach of others, and, as such, it deserves success."--_Cambridge Review._
