+ – Outlook. 82: 276. F. 3, ’06. 180w. + R. of Rs. 33: 767. Je. 16, ’06. 60w.
“The novel is very long-winded, full of somewhat tedious conversations: the dialogues translated do not run at all easily, and for an understanding of the intrigues which surround the heroine a knowledge of Polish politics is required which few Englishmen possess.”
+ – Sat. R. 100: 251. Ag. 19, ’05. 410w.
“M. Gasiorowski, in short, has shown delicacy as well as power in his treatment of a difficult theme.”
+ Spec. 95: 359. S. 9, ’05. 820w.
Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson). Works of Mrs. Gaskell. 8v. ea. $1.50. Putnam.
There will be eight volumes to complete the “Knutsford edition” of Mrs. Gaskell’s works. The old favorites are being recast in modern book form and the preparation is in progress under the editorial supervision of Dr. Adolphus W. Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, who contributes a general introduction to the issue and a special one to each volume based upon material of important biographical and critical interest. The volumes are as follows, “Mary Barton;” “Cranford;” “Ruth;” “North and South;” “My Lady Ludlow;” “Sylvia’s lovers;” “Cousin Phyllis;” “A dark night’s work;” etc.; and “Wives and daughters.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 300. S. 15. 300w. + Ath. 1906, 2: 334. S. 22. 100w.
“The ‘Knutsford edition’ of the works of Mrs. Gaskell, to which we had looked forward eagerly, is, it must be confessed something of a disappointment. The paper is so thin that the print shows through from one side to another. ‘The Life of Charlotte Bronte’ is omitted ... the introductions, though breathing a very sympathetic spirit of admiration, contain little that we did not know already.”