| + + | Critic. 47: 575. D. ‘05. 110w. |
[*] “But the little book cannot honestly be said to have much life or interest about it. Its most original point is the view taken by Mr. Shorter of the importance of M. Héger in the making of Charlotte Brontë.”
| + | Lond. Times. 4: 381. N. 10, ‘05. 940w. |
[*] “The task, on the whole, he has performed with much skill, with an entire power of making even less enthusiastic readers share with him something of ‘the glamour of the Brontës.’”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 724. O. 28, ‘05. 1340w. |
[*] “Mr. Shorter, to put it briefly, tries to compress far too much into one modest volume.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 714. N. 25, ‘05. 200w. |
Shorthouse, Joseph Henry. Life, letters, and literary remains of J. H: Shorthouse; ed. by his wife. 2v. [*]$4.25. Macmillan.
The first of these volumes contains a critical introduction by the Rev. J. Hunter Smith, a great variety of letters written by and to the author of John Inglesant, and a detailed account of his quiet life which was devoted to culture, literature, and the family chemical works at Birmingham. The second volume contains his literary remains, including three short stories and other hitherto unpublished writings.
| + | Acad. 68: 437. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1760w. | |
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 683. Je. 3. 2840w. | |
| + + | Critic. 47: 284. S. ‘05. 170w. | |
| * | + | Ind. 59: 1163. N. 16, ‘05. 40w. |
| + + | Nation. 81: 169. Ag. 24, ‘05. 1760w. |