“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. Haldan book as his first text-book.”—Graphic.
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 Smollett 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.