Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year.

Robert Kraft, conductor and writer on music, Times Literary Supplement

There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document of his times.

Economist

The editors...have done their job with commendable thoroughness.

P. N. Furbank, Times Literary Supplement

A striking mastery of English prose as well as a profusion of ideas and insights.

Stefan Kanfer, The Wall Street Journal

An important and admirable publishing event.

Atlantic Monthly

He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references.

Christopher Hitchens, Los Angeles Times