Punch.—“All Meredithians must possess ‘George Meredith; Some Characteristics,’ by Richard Le Gallienne. This book is a complete and excellent guide to the novelist and the novels, a sort of Meredithian Bradshaw, with pictures of the traffic superintendent and the head office at Boxhill. Even Philistines may be won over by the blandishments of Mr. Le Gallienne.”
LIFE OF LORD CHESTERFIELD.
An account of the Ancestry, Personal Character, and Public Services of the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield. By W. H. CRAIG, M.A. Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Daily Telegraph.—“Mr. Craig has set out to present him (Lord Chesterfield) as one of the striking figures of a formative period in our modern history ... and has succeeded in giving us a very attractive biography of a remarkable man.”
Times.—“It is the chief point of Mr. Craig’s book to show the sterling qualities which Chesterfield was at too much pains in concealing, to reject the perishable trivialities of his character, and to exhibit him as a philosophic statesman, not inferior to any of his contemporaries, except Walpole at one end of his life, and Chatham at the other.”
Daily Graphic.—“Reparation was due to Lord Chesterfield’s memory; and this book which at last does him justice is a notable contribution to historical biography.”
Saturday Review.—“Mr. W. H. Craig’s book is the first connected account of the public life of Lord Chesterfield, and the most elaborate attempt to appreciate his value as a serious statesman.”
Standard.—“Mr. Craig has written an interesting book.”