Printed from the original woodblocks there are collected in this book
the eight hundred and sixty-six drawings contained in the “Household
edition” of Dickens’s novels published in 1870. They represent the work
of eleven artists, among them Fred Barnard, Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”),
A. B. Frost, J. Mahoney and E. G. Dalziel.
* * * * *
“Will prove a source of perpetual delight to all who lay claim, in any
degree, to be considered Dickensians.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 726. D. 5. 200w.
“The scheme was happily conceived, and has been well executed. It is
timely too, for there seems to be a decided revival of interest just at
present, in the work of Dickens.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 467. D. 16, ’08. 260w.
“To turn over the pages is to see the whole of Dickens in dumb show, so
to speak, a rare entertainment.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 80w.
“The book will give pleasure to many readers of the generation that is
passing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 200w.
“The collection before us is a very welcome one, varying, we may say,
greatly in merit, but always interesting.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: sup. 810. N. 21, ’08. 300w.
=Dickens, Charles.=^{[5]} Miscellaneous papers and plays and poems.
(Authentic ed.) $1.50. Scribner.
A volume “made up of as much as can be identified and is considered
worthy of preservation of his contributions to The morning chronicle,
The daily news, The examiner, Household words, and All the year round,
together with a few articles from other sources.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Dickens’s journalism will attract a wide circle as containing a good
many of the ‘piéces justificatives’ of events, figures, and criticisms
in his fiction. It also contains a good deal that is now historically
interesting; it emphasizes his untiring zeal for reform now largely
achieved; and it shows more directly than his famous books the merits
and defects of his education and temperament. Dickens was not a great
dramatist, and his verse has never been regarded as deserving serious
criticism.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 636. My. 23. 620w.
“Though there is much good reading between the covers of this bulky
tome, there is little of rare quality.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 119. F. 4, ’09. 700w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 180w.
“In bulk these two volumes make a handsome addition to the Gadshill
edition. In quality there is hardly anything which is really worthy of
preservation. Dickens as an essayist had neither thought nor style which
gives his work of this kind any permanent value. He wrote good,
vigorous, straightforward prose on the topics of the day; and this is
the best that can be said of these ‘Miscellaneous papers.’”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 49. Jl. 11, ’08. 1100w.
=Dickins, Mrs. Edith Pratt.=^{[8]} Port o’ dreams, and other poems.
**$1. Putnam.
9–7327.
A book of poems whose stanzas distil the clear essence of true melody.
“Gettysburg, the desolation of Hagar, an Arab dying of thirst in the
desert—these themes are beyond her. But the familiar loveliness of
earth; the spirits of the passing months, the dear commonplaces of
ordinary loving, the momentary holiness of reverie, are her own to feel
and to express. Such things as ‘The queen’s garden’ and ‘Songs of
dreams’ are worth many volumes of arid intellection and confused
endeavor after passion. They are little, but they are wren songs of real
poetry, and very lovely. Let us be grateful for them.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“She has neither the mind nor the imagination for rising to the height
of great arguments, and her technique fails her except in the simplest
measures. But through her little book there runs a thin vein of pure
gold.” Brian Hooker.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 371. Je. ’09. 150w.
“Mrs. Dickins has a happy knack of versifying agreeably the quieter and
more sedate appeals of nature.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1266. D. 2, ’09. 100w.
=Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes.=^{[7]} Is immortality desirable? **75c.
Houghton.
9–13618.
The Howard Ingersoll lecture for 1908. It is “a noteworthy contribution
to the modern speculative literature on the destiny of man after death.
Prof. G. Lowes Dickinson, the author, is less concerned with argument as
to the desirability of immortality, per se, than with consideration of
what must be the nature of the life beyond the grave to make immortality
a thing to be desired by thoughtful men.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“A logical dispassionate, yet illuminating presentation of the various
conceptions of immortality and of the widely differing attitudes of mind
concerning its desirability.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 162. Je. ’09.
+ =Dial.= 47: 127. S. 1, ’09. 180w.
“It is from the literary standpoint, and with frequent references to
literature that he deals with his topic, clothing his thoughts in the
clear and charming prose that has delighted readers of his other books,
and exhibiting everywhere sincerity and restraint in the expression of
his opinions.” J. E. Creighton.
+ =Int. J. Ethics.= 20: 102. O. ’09. 580w.
Reviewed by G. Santayana.
=J. Philos.= 6: 411. Jl. 22, ’09. 1900w.
“This essay has a grace of language and a subtlety of procedure that few
other writers to-day, if any, can command. But it cannot be said that
the discussion carries one far or is very persuasive.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 627. Je. 24, ’09. 130w.
“This well-known English writer has added a notable little book to the
literature on immortality, written in his fine style and brilliant
manner.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 232. Ap. 10, ’09. 20w.
“The essay is finely conceived, stimulating, and, in the main,
convincing. It may best be regarded, perhaps, as the ‘non omnis moriar’
of a nature satisfied neither with skepticism nor with accepted
beliefs.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 336. My. 29, ’09. 500w.
“‘Is immortality desirable?’ is discriminating but not convincing.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 599. N. 13, ’09. 80w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 90w.
=Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes.= Justice and liberty: a political
dialogue. **$1.20. McClure.
8–31838.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A more philosophical study than many of its kind, and very readable.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 9. Ja. ’09.
“This book does not seem to us so brilliant or interesting as ‘The
modern symposium,’ or so profound as ‘The idea of good.’ A fine book,
fit more than most we have perused of its like to arouse the dulled
conscience of the comfortable, and breathe hope into the disinherited!”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 93. Ja. 23. 2400w.
“In one sense, the dialogue cannot be said to make any contribution to
socialistic thought. Sometimes we wish Mr. Dickinson were not keeping
his English audience quite so strictly in mind. We may merely say, in
closing, that we think the book is worthy of Mr. Dickinson; which
implies our belief that it deserves to be widely read by thinking
people.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 15. Ja. 1, ’09. 1450w.
Reviewed by T. Whittaker.
=Int. J. Ethics.= 20: 99. O. ’09. 1250w.
“One need not accept all of Mr. Dickinson’s doctrines; but, accepted or
not, they set one to thinking.” L.
+ =Nation.= 88: 352. Ap. 8, ’09. 4800w.
“Mr. Dickinson has made a successful attempt to compress into a book of
moderate dimensions the leading principles, or, rather, the rival
contentions, of those who would reform society according to their
respective notions.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 780. D. 12, ’08. 500w.
“Presented brilliantly and forcibly.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 889. D. 19, ’08. 320w.
“We gladly acknowledge the literary ability of Mr. Dickinson’s book,
but, as for its conclusions, we find it difficult to find fitting words
in which to characterize their folly and futility.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 783. My. 15, ’09. 780w.
=Dickinson, H. N.=^{[10]} Sir Guy and Lady Rannard: a novel. †$1.50.
Duffield.
9–15997.
A study “of a politician’s progressive insanity caused by overwork and
suspiciousness. The politician is Sir Guy Rannard, who, by a system of
corruption demanding great skill and industry, is returned by an
enormous majority as conservative M. P. for a provincial town. After a
period of estrangement, his wife has the misfortune to fall in love with
him for the first time, with the result that she is present at the
exhibitions of tactlessness, rudeness, and political effrontery which
precede the collapse of his intellect.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The mechanism of the story is admirable and the character analysis
clever, but it has no touch of geniality or charm.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 90. N. ’09.
“Among frankly pathological novels we do not recall one which surpasses
this study. There is much to admire in the story.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 669. Je. 5. 150w.
“People who find themselves bored by the intricacies of English
political campaigns should be frankly warned that ‘Sir Guy and Lady
Rannard’ is a volume not to their taste. But to all others it may be
commended warmly and even enthusiastically.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 187. O. ’09. 370w.
“These are familiar enough materials; but the present treatment of them
is not without originality.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 279. S. 23, ’09. 300w.
“From first to last the story of this mad baronet is sombre and sad, but
it is capitally told. All the characters are well drawn and some of them
are very interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 539. S. 11. ’09. 250w.
“If it is impossible to feel liking for Sir Guy and his wife, it is also
impossible not to be interested in them, and, if the tedium of the
earlier part of their history is endured, not to be absorbed in and
impressed by the description of the sinister development of Guy’s
nature.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 250w.
“One might easily multiply the list of his accomplishments and solid
qualities, which amount to a formidable total, and yet, owing to his
absolute lack of charm or geniality, fail in their ultimate appeal to
the reader’s heart.”
− + =Spec.= 103: 23. Jl. 3, ’09. 830w.
=Didier, Eugene Lemoine.=^{[9]} Poe cult, and other Poe papers; with
new memoir. $1.50. Broadway pub.
9–17539.
Twenty-three papers dealing with the important incidents in Poe’s life,
including the real Poe as he moved among his friends, the influence of
women in his poetry, the true story of his love for Mrs. Whitman, an
exposition of errors prevalent in the more recent biographies, the truth
about Poe as attested by people who knew him, the poet as a social lion,
his conversational powers and his striking personality, his latter-day
recognition, his status here and abroad, and a critical review of the
most generally accepted editions of his life.
* * * * *
“Even readers favorably disposed to Poe will wonder how Mr. Didier
manages deftly to avoid all mention of certain topics, and will cavil at
his superlatives. Nevertheless, there are two reasons for recommending
the book. It represents the loving labors of a pioneer student of Poe
whose services have not always received due acknowledgment, and it
contains anecdotes, poetical tributes, and other material useful to the
student and not easily accessible elsewhere.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 206. S. 2, ’09. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Diehl, Alice Mangold.= Life of Beethoven. *$3. Doran.
9–22047.
“In this volume the author is almost entirely concerned with Beethoven’s
‘ordinary human life,’ and besides quotations from Reichardt, Rellstab,
Spohr, and other writers, and extracts from letters of Beethoven,
includes many anecdotes.” (Ath.) “Though neither scholarly nor
complete—the volume tells us little of Beethoven’s compositions, or of
their character or technique—gives a picturesque and genial account of
his personality, habits and friends.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The volume should appeal to general readers.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 582. N. 7. 560w.
“This biography can hardly be given an important place in the literature
relating to Beethoven. It is written in an easy and rather agreeable
style, however, and its fullness of personal details concerning this
master will interest many people.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 42. Ja. 23, ’09. 500w.
“With all its blemishes, the book is readable and its enthusiasm
infectious.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 1104. D. 26, ’08. 330w.
=Dillon, Edward.=^{[12]} Arts of Japan. (Little books on art.) *$1.
McClurg.