“The argument seems conclusive for the survival of life and consciousness, but less conclusive for the survival of the individuality.”
| + + — | Outlook. 80: 93. My. 6, ‘05. 90w. |
Corelli, Marie (Minnie Mackay). Free opinions, freely expressed on certain phases of modern social life and conduct. [**]$1.20. Dodd.
The essays collected in this volume attack newspapers, Americans, and certain unfortunate tendencies which the author discovers in modern English society.
“The style of the essays ... is perhaps even more fervidly enthusiastic than that of the author’s fiction.”
| + — | Critic. 47: 283. S. ‘05. 80w. |
“The disputatious, not to say censorious, tone of these essays moves the reviewer to remind the writer that people are seldom to be argued or scolded into wisdom. Have the merit of brevity and at times of sprightliness.”
| + — | Dial. 39: 43. Jl. 16, ‘05. 530w. |
“Violence, prejudice, a painfully narrow view of life, and a lack of proportion ... shockingly mar her present book.”
| — — | N. Y. Times. 10: 280. Ap. 29, ‘05. 850w. | |
| + — | Outlook. 80: 191. My. 20, ‘05. 180w. |