The New Yorker might not have the cache of
The Internet Review of Books [insert emoticon of choice], but its
recent review of Richard Reeve's John Stuart Mill
biography is worth reading. In fact, Adam Gopnik does such a good job with the review, it would be easy to skip the book.
Gopnik, author of the must-read
Paris to the Moon, is clearly a fan of JSM. His review is less a
critique of Reeve's book as a summary. He hits all the highlights of Mill's life and does it with wit and grace -- two qualities in short supply in Reeve's dense tome.
