"For readers and lovers of the poems and novels of Sir Walter Scott this is a most enjoyable book."—Aberdeen Free Press.
Life of Shelley. By William Sharp.
"The criticisms ... entitle this capital monograph to be ranked with the best biographies of Shelley."—Westminster Review.
Life of Sheridan. By Lloyd Sanders.
"To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan is really to award much fainter praise than the book deserves."—Manchester Guardian.
"Rapid and workmanlike in style, the author has evidently a good practical knowledge of the stage of Sheridan's day."—Saturday Review.
Life of Adam Smith. By R.B. Haldane, M.P.
"Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science."—Scotsman.
"Mr. Haldane's handling of his subject impresses us as that of a man who well understands his theme, and who knows how to elucidate it."-Scottish Leader.
"A beginner in political economy might easily do worse than take Mr. Haldane's book as his first text-book."—Graphic.