| + + | Outlook. 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 150w. |
Gwynn, Stephen. [Thomas Moore.] [**]75c. Macmillan.
The author, who is already known as a novelist and a critic of English-Irish literature, is also an Irishman and consequently found an unusually happy subject in Thomas Moore. The romantic rise of Moore from the Dublin grocery store to London’s rank and fashion is detailed. The critical estimate of his work is fully given, and his part in the last century’s remarkable advance in poetical technique is enlarged upon.
“His life is excellently set forth in this volume, the author having evidently put before him as the object of his task the painting of a faithful portrait. Mr. Gwynn has added considerably to his already very considerable repute by this capital little book, in which he does justice to his subject and to himself.” W. Teignmouth Shore.
| + + | Acad. 68: 79. Ja. 28, ‘05. 710w. |
“Mr. Gwynn had accomplished no easy task with tact and literary skill, if not with accuracy.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 327. Mr. 18. 2340w. |
“A sympathetic treatment of the man and his works.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 20w. |
“Mr. Gwynn’s book is compact with information and well-balanced criticism.”