The Life of Lord Rosebery, by E. T. RAYMOND. Analytical biography.
C. K. S., An Autobiography, by CLEMENT K. SHORTER. The author is a veteran English critic and writer.
The Life of William Schwenk Gilbert, by SIDNEY DARK. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Mikado,” “H. M. S. Pinafore,” etc.
FRANK SWINNERTON’S George Gissing: A Critical Study, and his Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Study. The interest is literary rather than biographical.
Tennyson: A Modern Portrait, by HUGH I’ANSON FAUSSET. Both literary and biographical in its interest. Richard Le Gallienne, in the New York Times, says: “The manner of this portrait is very attractive. Biography and criticism are artfully and suggestively blended, and the influence of Tennyson’s environment throughout his life on the development of his character and his poetry is vividly and for the most part convincingly illuminated.”
The Life of William Hazlitt, by P. P. HOWE. The only biography we have of a remarkable literary figure.
Victor Hugo: His Work and Love, by ANDREW C. P. HAGGARD. A new account. The romantic element in Hugo’s life is emphasised, although not unduly.
Embassies I Have Known, by WALBURGA, LADY
PAGET. The English, German and Austrian Courts in the last half-century.
Two Books About English Seats.