Canon AINGER in the PILOT.—­“A most interesting and admirably written estimate of Matthew Arnold.  This estimate, so far as regards Mr, Arnold’s poetry and his prose critical essays, seems to me so nearly faultless as hardly to justify any counter criticism.”

    WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—­“An exceedingly effective essay in
    criticism.”

SPECTATOR.—­“This monograph is valuable as a succinct statement, set out in an appreciative, interesting, skilful, and sometimes sparkling fashion, of the labours and pursuits that make up the tireless life of the great poet and essayist.”

JOHN RUSKIN.  By FREDERIC HARRISON.

TIMES.—­“Mr. Harrison knew Ruskin at his best; lectured with him at the Working Men’s College; visited him at Denmark Hill; and in later years often saw and corresponded with him.  The result is a study of the writer marked in equal measure by discrimination and sympathy; and a picture of the man, vivid and arresting.”

GLOBE.—­“The best account of Ruskin and his work which has yet been given to the world.  The writer is sure of his facts, and is able to illuminate them by means not only of a close personal acquaintance with his subject, but also of a wide and deep knowledge of many other men and things.”

TENNYSON.  By Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B,

    TIMES.—­“The criticism is always sane, and sometimes brilliant;
    it never errs on the side of exuberance; and it is expressed in
    excellent English, moulded into dignified paragraphs.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—­“The memoir is admirably carried out, telling the reader precisely what he wants to know, giving an account of what the poems contain, as well as a running commentary upon their character and value, being written, in short, not for the superior person, but for the average man of the world with literary tastes.”

SAMUEL RICHARDSON.  By AUSTIN DOBSON.

TIMES.—­“Mr. Austin Dobson has written what is very nearly a perfect little book of its kind....  Mr. Dobson’s book is composed with infinite literary tact, with precision, and a certain smiling grace, and friendly and easy touch at once remarkable and charming.  Mr. Dobson is always accurate in his facts.  He is fresh, vivacious, and interesting in his conclusions.”

    Mr. W.L.  COURTNEY in the DAILY TELEGRAPH.—­“Mr. Dobson’s study
    is absolutely in the first rank, worthy to be put by the side of Sir
    Leslie Stephen’s criticism of George Eliot.”

    WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—­“We have nothing but praise to utter of
    Mr. Dobson’s contribution to ‘English Men of Letters.’”

BROWNING.  By G. K. CHESTERTON.

    TIMES.-"The originality and suggestiveness of Mr. Chesterton’s
    work... his sanity and virility of temper are evident and refreshing.”