“Mr. De Morgan is not an imitator of Dickens, but he has certain things in common with Dickens, and one is that we, not grudgingly but cordially forgive him traits that would damn utterly a lesser genius.”
| + + − | Outlook. 86: 475. Je. 29, ’07. 540w. |
“Is interminably long and too nebulous to talk about.”
| + − | Putnam’s. 3: 112. O. ’07. 210w. |
“The book is indeed an excellent example of the manner without the matter of Mr. Thackeray. Here are all the faults in method in spite of which he was great.”
| − + | Sat. R. 104: 54. Jl. 13, ’07. 460w. |
“This new story will establish his right, we think, to be accepted without further hesitation as a very considerable novelist.”
| + | Spec. 99: 96. Jl. 20, ’07. 1310w. |
De Morgan, William Frend. Joseph Vance: an ill-written autobiography. †$1.50. Holt.
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