+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 100w.
“The novel is overcrowded. There is excellent material, but too much of it. Yet there are evidences of marked ability—occasional touches which reveal the fine creative instinct.”
+ – Outlook. 84: 335. O. 6, ’06. 160w.
“The combination of industrialism and politics and love makes a book which rises above the level of most of its contemporaries.”
+ + World To-Day. 11: 1221. N. ’06. 160w.
Gordon, William Clark. Social ideals of Alfred Tennyson as related to his time. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
Following an introductory chapter on Literature and social science in which the author and literature he treats Social conditions in England in the time of Tennyson, Tennyson’s idea of man, Tennyson’s idea of woman, The family, Society, Social institutions, and Democracy and progress. Restating the main points of his summary and conclusions.
“His book is a creditable summary of the forces and conditions prevalent in Great Britain while Tennyson was writing.”
+ Acad. 71: 391. O. 20, ’06. 740w.