complimentinghimuponhisstyle，acknowledgingthegeneralsoundnessofhisviews，andonlydifferingwithhimintheaffairoftheappleandpear。
Ididnotlikereviewingatall-itwasnottomytaste；itwasnotinmyway；Ilikeditfarlessthantranslatingthepublisher’sphilosophy，forthatwassomethinginthelineofonewhomacompetentjudgehadsurnamedLavengro。Inevercouldunderstandwhyreviewswereinstituted；worksofmeritdonotrequiretobereviewed，theycanspeakforthemselves，andrequirenopraising；
worksofnomeritatallwilldieofthemselves，theyrequirenokilling。TheReviewtowhichIwasattachedwas，ashasbeenalreadyintimated，establishedonanentirelynewplan；itprofessedtoreviewallnewpublications，whichcertainlynoReviewhadeverprofessedtodobefore，otherReviewsneverpretendingtoreviewmorethanone-tenthofthecurrentliteratureoftheday。
WhenIsayitprofessedtoreviewallnewpublications，Ishouldadd，whichshouldbesenttoit；for，ofcourse，theReviewwouldnotacknowledgetheexistenceofpublications，theauthorsofwhichdidnotacknowledgetheexistenceoftheReview。Idon’tthink，however，thattheReviewhadmuchcausetocomplainofbeingneglected；Ihavereasontobelievethatatleastnine-tenthsofthepublicationsofthedayweresenttotheReview，andinduetimereviewed。Ihadgoodopportunityofjudging-IwasconnectedwithseveraldepartmentsoftheReview，thoughmoreparticularlywiththepoeticalandphilosophicones。AnEnglishtranslationofKant’sphilosophymadeitsappearanceonmytablethedaybeforeitspublication。InmynoticeofthisworkIsaidthattheEnglishshortlyhopedtogivetheGermansaQUIDPROQUO。Ibelieveatthattimeauthorsweremuchinthehabitofpublishingattheirownexpense。AllthepoetrywhichIreviewedappearedtobepublishedattheexpenseoftheauthors。IfIamaskedhowIcomportedmyself，underallcircumstances，asareviewer-Ianswer，-IdidnotforgetthatIwasconnectedwithaReviewestablishedonOxfordprinciples，theeditorofwhichhadtranslatedQuintilian。AllthepublicationswhichfellundermynoticeItreatedinagentlemanlyandOxford-likemanner，nopersonalities-novituperation-noshabbyinsinuations；decorum，decorumwastheorderoftheday。
Occasionallyawordofadmonition，butgentlyexpressed，asanOxfordundergraduatemighthaveexpressedit，ormasterofarts。