“It will be seen that any new book on Blake must justify its appearance by extraordinary merit, and it cannot be said that Mr. Symons’s work quite stands the test.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 286. S. 26, ’07. 1480w. |
“Mr. Symons has written a book of unusual interest. Absorbed and in accord with his subject, he employs a style elevated and somewhat mystical at times, yet well sustained and peculiarly fitted for the narrative.”
| + + | Outlook. 87: 307. O. 12, ’07. 1610w. |
“We did not expect from him the divine energy and insight of Mr. Swinburne; but we did expect scholarship, research, grace and order, and we have them here in a book which we cannot do without.”
| + + | Sat. R. 104: 483. O. 19, ’07. 1230w. |
Synge, M. B. Short history of social life in England. **$1.50. Barnes.
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“A decidedly entertaining account of the growth of social institutions and modern customs in England. The absurdities of bygone fashion, the changes made by scientific inventions, domestic conveniences and inconveniences, old-time gambling, the abolition of dueling, the improvement of table manners, and a hundred other little land-marks of advancing civilization are discussed in an unconventional, amusing way.”—Outlook.