Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. Robert S. Baker is professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of The Dark Historic Page and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. James Sexton teaches English at Camosun College in British Columbia.
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.
*Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.)*
The editors...have done their job with commendable
thoroughness.
*Times Literary Supplement*
An important and admirable publishing event.
*Atlantic Monthly*
Fascinating...a welcome collection.
*National Review*
Huxley was among the few writers who played with ideas so freely,
so gaily, with such virtuosity, that the responsive reader was
dazzled and excited.
*Isaiah Berlin*
A remarkable publishing event...these volumes return Huxley from
our forgetfulness so as to enjoy his fine intelligence, prose and
exemplary strengths.
*The Washington Times*
His reading was immense, his taste was impeccable, and his ear
acute...His place in English literature is unique and is certainly
assured.
*T. S. Eliot*
There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a
document of his times.
*Economist*
He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and
modern cross-references.
*Los Angeles Times*
To read all the essays in sequence is like being enrolled at the
college of your dreams.
*The New Yorker*
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