The best of these letters, flowing rapidly from his pen, radiate charisma and enthusiasm, warmth and care for his friends, and a total engagement with art and literature. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE (Julian Treuherz) The young Rossetti emerges as a distinctly more rubust and unpredictable figure than fans of the later Rossetti might expect... Rossetti is by turns earnest, skittish, stiffly formal and exuberantly scatalogical. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Impressive volumes...edited with excellent attention to detail... Invaluable and fascinating reading. REVIEW OF THE PRS An exemplary model of scholarship... Brings us closer to the Pre-Raphaelites than anyone in the twenty-first century could otherwise ever imagine... May stand as (an) exemplary monument of modern editorial scholarship. JOURNAL OF PRE-RAPHAELITE STUDIES These handsome volumes are to be warmly welcomed by all of us interested in the Pre-Raphaelites and the Morris circle. WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY JOURNAL Fredeman's knowledge of the period and careful editing separates Rossetti from what he calls the 'bleak, reclusive, somnolent stereotype' portrayed by many of his biographers. ANITIQUARIES JOURNAL
