| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 11. Ja. 5, ’07. 440w. |
“The book, in fine, is an amusing skit on the vastness of modern commercial enterprises; but in it Mr. Arnold Bennett has by no means touched the level of his delightful comedy, ‘A great man.’”
| + − | Spec. 96: 152. Ja. 27, ’06. 360w. |
* Benson, Arthur C. Alfred Tennyson. **$1.50. Dutton.
“Mr. Benson thus formulates his object in the present volume: “(1) I have given a simple narrative of the life of Tennyson, with a sketch of his temperament, character, ideals, and beliefs; (2) I have tried from his own words and writings to indicate what I believe to have been his view of the poetical life and character; (3) I have attempted to touch the chief characteristics of his art from the technical point of view, here again as far as possible using his own recorded words.””
“A quiet sympathy, a genial appreciation, pervades the book and makes it most enjoyable, even inspiring, reading.”
| + | Dial. 43: 320. N. 16, ’07. 380w. |
“Few readers, indeed, one would say, can read the volume without deriving from it both a clearer and a higher estimate of its subject than they had before.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 726. N. 16, ’07. 650w. |