PositiveThe Times Literary Supplement (UK)The mixing of notebooks with selections from the diaries works well, providing parallel narratives, each casting light on the other, and Von Planta offers useful, short biographical introductions to the various sections. The early diaries were written in several languages so that they had to be transcribed and then translated back into English. The translators have done an excellent job, matching the voice of the diaries with that of the notebooks.
