Prawfddarllenwyd y dudalen hon
"The cardinal principle of sound criticism is this,—a book is to be judged, not according to arbitrary rules laid down 'ex cathedra for the class of book to which it is supposed to belong, but according to the scheme of its author in the first place, and in the second to the general laws of Aesthetics."—:(Hist. French Lit., td. 462).
- (xxvi) The critic, by methodical study of himself, should determine his personal equation, and when it is determined should make allowance for it.—T. M. COAN.
- (xxvii) The test of a good critic is suspension of judgment in cases which are not convincingly proven.—J. A. SYMONDS.
