Speaking in all moderation, Selig has given us a masterpiece. "The Vision Beautiful" is adapted from Longfellow's "The Legend Beautiful," in "The Theologian's Tale," one of the "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The thought is bound to occur to many who will gaze on this impressive work of Bosworth and the unknown, or rather unnamed monk who so splendidly collaborated with him in this picture: "If Longfellow could only have seen it!" For a Sunday evening feature no exhibitor could ask for a stronger card. If any there be who are opposed from religious scruples to any representation of the Saviour in pictures, it is safe to say their opposition will melt when they witness the dignified, impressive, reverential work of Bosworth in this production. It is a poem in pictures, powerful, dramatic. The work of the woman who fell under the lash of the taskmaster contributed in no small degree to the effectiveness, and the realism, of "The Vision Beautiful." If one link in the strong chain were needful to drive this reel into the brain and keep it there for days it was supplied by the final scene, the great tolling bell; and on the platform outlined beside it against the evening sky the figure of the hooded monk, his head bent in meditation. - The Moving Picture World, June 29, 1912
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