| — | Dial. 38: 128. F. 16, ‘05. 230w. |
“It is a very good story, told with sufficient humor to make it almost a comedy.”
| + | Ind. 59: 394. Ag. 17, ‘05. 130w. |
Bradley, A. C. [Shakespearian tragedy: lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth.] $3.25. Macmillan.
“Besides the lectures on the tragedies themselves, Prof. Bradley, of the University of Oxford, writes on ‘The substance of Shakespearean tragedy,’ ‘Construction in Shakespeare’s tragedies,’ and ‘Shakespeare’s tragic period.’ His purpose in presenting these four tragedies is, as he states, ‘to increase our understanding and enjoyment of these works as dramas; to learn to apprehend the action and some of the personages of each with a somewhat greater truth and intensity, so that they may assume in our imagination a shape little less unlike the shape they wore in the imagination of their creator.’ “To the single task of interpretation he accordingly devoted himself, examining each of the tragedies individually, after a preliminary inquiry into such questions germane to all four as Shakespeare’s conception of tragedy and the form in which he expressed that conception.”” (Outlook).
“Every question, every controversy, theory, view, or supposition which arises, he subjects to the same test. It is another merit of the book that every question is submitted to common-sense argumentation. The arrangement of the book is admirable.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
| + + | Acad. 68: 229. Mr. 11, ‘05. 2240w. |
“In our opinion a book like that which is before us is not much less essential for the complete comprehension of Shakespeare’s tragedies than an atlas is for the fruitful study of geography.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
| + + | Acad. 68: 266. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1350w. |
“In thoroughness of workmanship the book recalls German models.”