[3] According to Mr. Lewes, in his Life of Goethe, it is a mistake to fancy that Goethe was tall. He seemed taller than he really was.
[4] This saying of Steevens, though still repeated in books, has lost its force with the public. The Lives of Shakespeare by Mr. Halliwell and Mr. Charles Knight, written on such different principles, have effectually dissipated the old impression. Mr. Knight, by his use of the principle of synchronism, and his accumulation of picturesque details, in his Biography of Shakespeare, has left the public without excuse, if they still believe in Steevens.
[5] North British Review, February 1852:—“The Works of John Milton.” 8 vols. London: Pickering. 1851.
[6] British Quarterly Review, July, 1854. The Annotated Edition of the English Poets: Edited by Robert Bell. “Poetical Works of John Dryden.” 3 vols. London. 1854.
[7] British Quarterly Review, October 1854.—1. “The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century.” A Series of Lectures. By W. M. Thackeray. London: 1853. 2. “The Life of Swift.” By Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: 1848.
[8] Macmillan’s Magazine, July 1871.