This review of Modern Painters III published by Blackwood's Magazine sheds an interesting light on the public perception of Ruskin. He is accused of an inconsistency which prevents his being a reliable authority on art; having written Modern Painters I in defence of Turner, he now writes Modern Painters III to support the Pre-Raphaelites. Accusations of dogmatism (see here) were made in several earlier reviews such as North American Review, January 1848, Blackwood's Magazine, September 1851, Fraser's Magazine, June 1856 and the Eclectic Review, June 1856. Although casting doubt on Ruskin's qualifications as a guide to art (see here), Atkinson ends by admitting that the works of Ruskin are the works of genius, and as such, their good qualities outweigh their faults (see here).