" I have had the pleasure of seeing some recent work by Mr.Talwin Morris at his home in Bowling. Delightfully situated in a secluded corner of the Auchentorlie estate on the acclivities of the Killpatrick Hills, the house enjoys an extensive view of the Clyde, looking down on the nearest interest of Bowling, with its pictureswue berthing pool, and across the waterway to to the finely wooded policies of Blantyre... Mr. Morris does not confine himself to a special branch of art work, and is not content to be narrowed down to the repetition of idea n one particular direction; he has both the inclination and capacity to sek after independence of thought and practice... " anon., STUDIO Vol 21 1901

"The bookcase shows how Mr.Morris in his furniture design aims aims at maintaining in the leading structural lines simplicity of form, relieved in secondary parts by ornamental detail. The plain severe character of the details, together with the absence of mouldings, makes the case almost too bald at first sight, but the restraint and refinement cannot fail to be appreciated...The metal panels in the small cupboard doors, the handles and lock plates... are executed in hammered brass, full of interesting detail and carefully subdued in tone to harmoniuse with the dark stain of the wood. Mr.Morris makes free use of small, inserted jewels backed with silver foil, and gives these bright spots of colour, the effect of which cannot be appreciated in a reporoduction... The picture frames here illustrated are dignified and severe in their restraint, but neither heavy nor trivial, and they indicate the feeling that dominates the whole of the artist's practice..." anon., STUDIO Vol 21 1901

"As you enter through an iron studded door set in a wall, unpierced by ny windows into a glazed corridor you find the arras hanging here reproduced, a stencil of green and heliotrope colour..." Studio 1898