Life of Coleridge. By Hall Caine.
"Brief and vigorous, written throughout with spirit and great literary skill."—Scotsman.
Life of Congreve. By Edmund Gosse.
"Mr. Gosse has written an admirable and most interesting biography of a man of letters who is of particular interest to other men of letters."—The Academy.
Life of Crabbe. By T.E. Kebbel.
"No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely; and in the qualities of manliness and of sincerity he is surpassed by none.... Mr. Kebbel's monograph is worthy of the subject."—Athenæum.
Life of Darwin. By G.T. Bettany.
"Mr. G.T. Bettany's Life of Darwin is a sound and conscientious work."—Saturday Review.
Life of Dickens. By Frank T. Marzials.
"Notwithstanding the mass of matter that has been printed relating to Dickens and his works, ... we should, until we came across this volume, have been at a loss to recommend any popular life of England's most popular novelist as being really satisfactory. The difficulty is removed by Mr. Marzials' little book."—Athenæum.