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.”
VOLUMES OF E. W. O. T. (in active preparation).
George Meredith. By Walter Jerrold.
Hall Caine. By C. Fred. Kenyon.
Arthur Wing Pinero. By Hamilton Fyffe.