L'Art Français - June 10th, 1893       The Werstlers (...) which has just receved the medal of honour, is one of these magnificent works which continue the great tradition of the French school, reminding us of the greatest workers in marble, Pierre Pujet and Rude. An original, fearless conception, this group was treated with a rare flexibility and an admirable conscientiousness.               Javel. Famille-Revue - June 10th, 1894      ... Mr Charpentier (prize of honor of 1893), with his beautiful pale green bronze statue comes next, according to us, or better next to these two true artists. Time seems allready to have smoothed and aged the surface of the statue !... Slim and graceful is this fascinating subject: theGood-byes of a Swallow, a charming allegory, an impressive symbol, a work of a learned practitioner, a sincere artist, a delicate poet... it is easy to see.     C.G. New-York-Herald -  April 19th, 1897     ... All of my colleagues whom I see there make a circle  around the "Night", that Mr Charpentier has laid, a star in the forehead, on a cloud which carries her and which she seems to like. (...) If French paintings seem to be passing through a time of crisis, our sculptural art grows in every exhibition. Because it is impossible to fake, the sculptor is forced to pay, himself and to compete against the difficulties. Mr Charpentier quite triumphantly overcame them in the magnificent piece which he gave us today and which makes him the equal and the most famous of the greatest.                 Rochefort