GENERAL LITERATURE, CRITICISM, POETRY, ETC.
English Writers of To-Day: Being a Series of Monographs on living Authors. The following are the first volumes in the Series:—
Rudyard Kipling. The Man and His Work. Being an attempt at an “Appreciation.” By G. F. Monkshood, Author of “Woman and The Wits,” “My Lady Ruby,” etc. Containing a portrait of Mr Kipling and an autograph letter to the author in facsimile. A new and cheaper edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Daily Telegraph.—“He writes fluently, and he has genuine enthusiasm for his subject, and an intimate acquaintance with his work. Moreover, the book has been submitted to Mr Kipling, whose characteristic letter to the author is set forth on the preface.… Of Kipling’s heroes Mr Monkshood has a thorough understanding, and his remarks on them are worth quoting” (extract follows).
Globe.—“It has at the basis of it both knowledge and enthusiasm—knowledge of the works estimated and enthusiasm for them. This book may be accepted as a generous exposition of Mr Kipling’s merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will have many interested and approving readers.”
Scotsman.—“This well-informed volume is plainly sincere. It is thoroughly well studied, and takes pains to answer all the questions that are usually put about Mr Kipling. The writer’s enthusiasm carries both himself and his reader along in the most agreeable style. One way and another his book is full of interest, and those who wish to talk about Kipling will find it invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it through with delighted enthusiasm.”
Bret Harte: a Treatise and a Tribute. By T. Edgar Pemberton, Author of “The Kendals,” “Life of Sothern,” etc., with a new portrait of Mr Bret Harte and a Bibliography. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Spectator.—“A highly interesting book.”
Daily Mail.—“An interesting biography full of good things.”
Sunday Sun.—“A pleasant and interesting memoir.”
Whitehall Review.—“a truly delightful book.… Written in no mean spirit of adulation, it is a well-balanced, characteristic, and fair estimate of a personality and a mind far above the average.”
Sunday Special.—“It is an intensely interesting life story Mr Pemberton has to tell.… This little volume is eminently readable, full of excellent stories and anecdotes, and is in short a very admirable commentary upon the work of one of the brightest masters of the pen that the great continent oversea has produced.”
Daily Express.—“Every true lover of Bret Harte ought to get Mr T. Edgar Pemberton’s book. There are not many authors, alas! that would bear study at close range, but here certainly is one where knowledge of his early struggles and trials will only increase our affection and interest in the man himself and his stories. Mr Pemberton has shown in this book the qualities of an ideal biographer. His touch is light, his figure stands clear, and we find in his work a strong human note we learned long years ago to associate with the creator of M’Liss.”
Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Study. By Theodore Wratislaw (Dedicated to Theodore Watts-Dunton), with a new portrait of Mr Swinburne and a Bibliography. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Daily News.—“Mr Wratislaw’s work is always dignified and eloquent, and not without critical acuteness.”
Review of the Week.—“It is not only a study, it is an entertainment. It has dignity and no dulness.… Though an appreciation, it is not an exaggeration. The summing up, though masterly, is not tyrannical. It is concise and sufficient, and is as artistically written as artistically informed. Author and publisher have combined to make the book one not only to peruse, but to possess. The price is more than moderate, the format more than presentable.”
Court Circular.—“This little volume forms an excellent handbook to his (Swinburne’s) writing. It is not simply an eulogy, but rather a discriminate appreciation and a loving analysis of the poet’s works, which are dealt with chronologically as they were published. The exposition helps greatly to elucidate many of the poems, and the criticisms are fair and unbiassed. Those who know their Swinburne well will find a new pleasure in the poems after reading this book, and those who have hitherto been deterred from studying him are put in possession of a golden key to unlock the gateway of an enchanted garden. Mr Wratislaw has fulfilled his task ably and well, and has earned the gratitude of all lovers of English poetry.”