I actually have a volume of GBS' articles as Corno di Bassetto. They are readable, but not worth going out of your way for. You would expect him to get in a lot of bon mots, but he doesn't. It's obvious that he did know music pretty well but not from a technical standpoint. He didn't give really bad reviews to anyone. The style is chatty and fairly upbeat -- in fact sort of what you associate with a local newspaper which is out to boost the local people. He also had some favorites, like the de Reszky brothers.