Two especially noteworthy pieces of editorial Introduction should be mentioned: Garnett’s for Peacock, and Mrs. Ritchie’s for Thackeray. Among the many essays and shorter studies are the following:
- Brontë, in Gates’s Studies and Appreciations; and Swinburne’s A Note on Charlotte Brontë.
- Eliot, in Darmstetter’s English Studies, Dowden’s Studies in Literature, Morley’s Critical Miscellanies, Myers’ Modern Essays, and Sherer’s Essays on English Literature.
- Meredith, in Elton’s Modern Studies, Henderson’s Interpreters of Life and the Modern Spirit, and Sherman’s On Contemporary Literature. Forman is editor of a volume Some Early Appreciations of Meredith.
- Reade, in Swinburne’s Miscellanies.
- Trollope, in Bradford’s A Naturalist of Souls, and Julian Hawthorne’s Confessions in Criticism.
And finally there are certain combinations and groups, such as:
- Brontë and Eliot, in Bonnell’s Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Jane Austen.
- Brontë, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray, and Trollope, in Saintsbury’s Corrected Impressions; and Peacock, in his Essays in English Literature.
- Brontë, Disraeli, Kingsley, and Eliot, in Stephen’s Hours in a Library; and Trollope, in his Studies of a Biographer.
- Dickens and Thackeray, in Bagehot’s Literary Studies, and Field’s Yesterdays with Authors.
- Dickens, Thackeray, and Eliot, in Clark’s Study of English Prose Writers.
- Dickens, Thackeray, and Kingsley, in Lang’s Essays in Little.
- Dickens and Lytton, in Home’s New Spirit of the Age.
- Dickens, in Hutton’s Criticism on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers, and Eliot, in his Essays on Some Modern Guides to English Thought.
- Dickens, Disraeli, Gaskell, and Meredith, in More’s Shelburne Essays.
- Disraeli and Peacock, in Garnett’s Essays of an ex-Librarian.
- Eliot, in Berle’s George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.
- Eliot and Trollope, in James’s Partial Portraits.
The following editions of the novelists are those referred to in the text.
Brontë.
- Jane Eyre. Haworth edition. Harper.
- Shirley and Villette. Dent edition.
Butler.
- Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited. Dutton.
- The Way of All Flesh. Modern Library edition. Boni and Liveright.