Life of George Eliot. By Oscar Browning.
"We are thankful for this interesting addition to our knowledge of the great novelist."—Literary World.
Life of Emerson. By Richard Garnett, LL.D.
"As to the larger section of the public, to whom the series of Great Writers is addressed, no record of Emerson's life and work could be more desirable, both in breadth of treatment and lucidity of style, than Dr. Garnett's."—Saturday Review.
Life of Goethe. By James Sime.
"Mr. James Sime's competence as a biographer of Goethe, both in respect of knowledge of his special subject, and of German literature generally, is beyond question."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Goldsmith. By Austin Dobson.
"The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold as none could tell it better."—Daily News.
Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. By Moncure Conway.
"Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no useless fact is recalled."—Speaker.