An addition to Bell’s “Miniature series of great writers.”
“Mr. Teignmouth Shore knows his subject thoroughly; his admiration is tempered by sound judgment, his praise is never exaggerated. The book ... is marked by scholarship, critical ability and good taste.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 126. F. 11. ‘05 80w. |
“The criticism is just on the whole.”
| + | Spec. 94: 559. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w. |
[*] Shorter, Clement King. Charlotte Brontë and her sisters, [**]$1. Scribner.
A brief enthusiastic biography which supplements Mrs. Gaskell’s “Life” and includes many of Charlotte Brontë’s letters which had not appeared when that life was written. The depressing story of the whole Brontë family is given, and there is much minute detail about the strangely intertwined lives of the three sisters and the circumstances under which their works were produced.
[*] “He is able to correct Mrs. Gaskell on many points. His style, too, is of the sloppiest.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 1149. N. 4, ‘05. 850w. |
[*] “Written without prejudice, and with sincere love and admiration of the famous sisters, Mr. Shorter’s book is a welcome addition to Brontë literature.”