Life of Smollett. By David Hannay.
"A capital record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel."—Saturday Review.
"Mr. Hannay is excellently equipped for writing the life of Smollett. As a specialist on the history of the eighteenth century navy, he is at a great advantage in handling works so full of the sea and sailors as Smollett's three principal novels. Moreover, he has a complete acquaintance with the Spanish romancers, from whom Smollet drew so much of his inspiration. His criticism is generally acute and discriminating; and his narrative is well arranged, compact, and accurate."—St. James's Gazette.
Life of Thackeray. By Herman Merivale and Frank T. Marzials.
"The book, with its excellent bibliography, is one which neither the student nor the general reader can well afford to miss."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The last book published by Messrs. Merivale and Marzials is full of very real and true things."—Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie on "Thackeray and his Biographers," in Illustrated London News.
Life of Thoreau. By H.S. Salt.
"Mr. Salt's volume ought to do much towards widening the knowledge and appreciation in England of one of the most original men ever produced by the United States."—Illustrated London News.
Life of Voltaire. By Francis Espinasse.
"Up to date, accurate, impartial, and bright without any trace of affectation."—Academy.