“A valuable addition to our information.”
+ + Spec. 97: 300. S. 1, ’06. 230w.
Dawson, William James. Makers of English prose; new and rev. ed. *$1.50. Revell.
The author “traverses in one volume practically the whole realm of English verse from Burns to the men of our day and that of English prose from Johnson to Ruskin and Newman. The books deserve popularity in America for their helpfulness, sanity, and learning.”—Lit. D.
“The author refrains from wild theories or strange deductions, and is exempt from bias towards any especial domain of letters.”
+ + Critic. 48: 89. Ja. ’06. 70w.
“The discussion is trenchant, the style pithy, and the judgment pronounced is usually temperate and sound. An occasional statement may strike us as a rhetorical exaggeration, but in the main the criticism is intelligent and compact.”
+ + – Dial. 40: 51. Ja. 16, ’06. 80w.
“Mr. Dawson is admirable—in his application of common sense to criticism, and in his moral prepossessions of literature.”