Daily Telegraph.—“He writes fluently, and he has genuine enthusiasm for his subject, and an intimate acquaintance with his work. Moreover, the book has been submitted to Mr Kipling, whose characteristic letter to the author is set forth on the preface.… Of Kipling’s heroes Mr Monkshood has a thorough understanding, and his remarks on them are worth quoting” (extract follows).

Globe.—“It has at the basis of it both knowledge and enthusiasm—knowledge of the works estimated and enthusiasm for them. This book may be accepted as a generous exposition of Mr Kipling’s merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will have many interested and approving readers.”

Scotsman.—“This well-informed volume is plainly sincere. It is thoroughly well studied, and takes pains to answer all the questions that are usually put about Mr Kipling. The writer’s enthusiasm carries both himself and his reader along in the most agreeable style. One way and another his book is full of interest, and those who wish to talk about Kipling will find it invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it through with delighted enthusiasm.”

Spectator.—“A highly interesting book.”

Daily Mail.—“An interesting biography full of good things.”

Sunday Sun.—“A pleasant and interesting memoir.”

Whitehall Review.—“a truly delightful book.… Written in no mean spirit of adulation, it is a well-balanced, characteristic, and fair estimate of a personality and a mind far above the average.”

Sunday Special.—“It is an intensely interesting life story Mr Pemberton has to tell.… This little volume is eminently readable, full of excellent stories and anecdotes, and is in short a very admirable commentary upon the work of one of the brightest masters of the pen that the great continent oversea has produced.”

Daily Express.—“Every true lover of Bret Harte ought to get Mr T. Edgar Pemberton’s book. There are not many authors, alas! that would bear study at close range, but here certainly is one where knowledge of his early struggles and trials will only increase our affection and interest in the man himself and his stories. Mr Pemberton has shown in this book the qualities of an ideal biographer. His touch is light, his figure stands clear, and we find in his work a strong human note we learned long years ago to associate with the creator of M’Liss.”

Daily News.—“Mr Wratislaw’s work is always dignified and eloquent, and not without critical acuteness.”

Review of the Week.—“It is not only a study, it is an entertainment. It has dignity and no dulness.… Though an appreciation, it is not an exaggeration. The summing up, though masterly, is not tyrannical. It is concise and sufficient, and is as artistically written as artistically informed. Author and publisher have combined to make the book one not only to peruse, but to possess. The price is more than moderate, the format more than presentable.”

Court Circular.—“This little volume forms an excellent handbook to his (Swinburne’s) writing. It is not simply an eulogy, but rather a discriminate appreciation and a loving analysis of the poet’s works, which are dealt with chronologically as they were published. The exposition helps greatly to elucidate many of the poems, and the criticisms are fair and unbiassed. Those who know their Swinburne well will find a new pleasure in the poems after reading this book, and those who have hitherto been deterred from studying him are put in possession of a golden key to unlock the gateway of an enchanted garden. Mr Wratislaw has fulfilled his task ably and well, and has earned the gratitude of all lovers of English poetry.”

Weekly Sun (T. P. O’Connor) says:—A Book of the Week—“I have found this slight and unpretentious little volume bright, interesting reading. I have read nearly every line with pleasure.”

Illustrated London News.—“The story Mr Scott has to tell is full of varied interest, and is presented with warmth and buoyancy.”

Punch.—“What pleasant memories does not Clement Scott’s little book, ‘The Wheel of Life,’ revive! The writer’s memory is good, his style easy, and above all, which is a great thing for reminiscences, chatty.”

Pilot.—“This book will be eagerly read by all who, not having had an opportunity of seeing this or that actor in the character, is anxious to know ‘how it was done.’”

Court Circular.—“Interesting and valuable. Indeed it would be difficult to name any better theatrical criticism. The style is nervous and vivid, and the critical acumen displayed of a high order.… The criticisms are a valuable contribution to dramatic literature, and will be read with great interest by all playgoers.”

Glasgow Herald.—“The dramatic critic’s vivid impressions and subtle analysis enable us to compare the varied interpretations which dramatic genius have put upon Shakespeare’s great creation. They will make interesting reading for the student as well as the playgoer, for Mr Scott does not fail to note deviations from this or that text, and departures from traditional ‘points’ and hackneyed effects.”

Observer.—“The little book is bright and readable, and will come like a breath of country air to many unfortunates who are tied by the leg to chair, stool, or counter.”

Dundee Advertiser.—“It is all delightful, and almost as good as a holiday. The city clerk, the jaded shopman, the weary milliner, the pessimistic dyspeptic, should each read the book. It will bring a suggestion of sea breezes, the plash of waves, and all the accessories of a holiday by the sea.”

Morning Post.—“Brightly written and full of observation that throws vivid and playful sidelights here and there, and provides entertainment that does not always appertain to works of travel.”

Daily Express.—“A delightful and intimate work.”

Sunday Special.—“There is an intense enthusiasm, a poetic fervour, and a dry sense of humour, such as you only find at intervals among books.”

Outlook.—“These records of Reiselust, or go-fever, as we may call them, are off the beaten track, are novel, manly and picturesque.”

Standard.—“The book is written with humour, his impressions of men and places are vivid, and the charm of the volume is heightened by illustrations, some of which bring us face to face with typical natives of the East, whilst others afford fair glimpses of tropical scenery.”

Daily Graphic.—“A fascinating work in which Captain Mayne Reid’s life is carefully and sympathetically sketched.”

World.—“The career of this popular writer was adventurous and thrilling, and Mrs Mayne Reid tells in the most entertaining manner the literary history of her husband and the eventful incidents of his career. Altogether it is a fascinating biography of an interesting person.”

Weekly Despatch.—“A truly fascinating volume which should be read by everyone.”

Daily Telegraph (W. L. Courtney) says:—“It is a wonderful book that Mr Downing has written, and no brief analysis could do it adequate justice.”

Review of the Week.—“It is a very remarkable book, and the ideas set forth in it are startlingly original.… The man who is not moved to think deeply after reading this book must indeed be ‘dead to the soul.’ In a style that is beautiful in its simplicity, Clelia works out his conclusions with marvellous skill.”

Westminster Review.—“Contains much sound criticism of a new and daring kind.… The book should be read by all Shakspearean students.”

Daily Chronicle.—“Intelligent and scholarly, acute and careful.”

Glasgow Herald.—“A knowledge of Shakspeare unrivalled except by Mr Swinburne.”

Scotsman.—“Really profound insight. Keen and clever analysis.”

Sketch.—“A complete and valuable work upon an important and interesting subject.”

St James’s Gazette.—“A large and handsome book. Well written and beautifully illustrated.”

Whitehall Review.—“The way Mr Rogers has done his work is a testimonial at once to his knowledge and a monument to his taste. This very handsome volume … is worthy of a place in anybody’s library.”

Bookman.—“An interesting and valuable book for all interested in poster work and poster collections. The illustrations are thoroughly representative and excellently produced.”

Daily Chronicle.—“We take pleasure in commending the book because of its freshness and genuine excellence. Mr Taber has undoubtedly struck what is a virgin soil so far as fiction is concerned. The local colour of the story is novel—so novel, in fact, as to give quite an unusual interest and value to the book.”

Umpire (Book of the Week).—“Mr Taber has the gift of story-telling, and he has the peculiar satisfaction of being first in an entirely new field. There is undoubted fascination in his pages.”

Outlook.—“Well written and decidedly entertaining. It is to be hoped that Mr Taber may produce another series of characteristic stories, as direct in their appeal to the sympathy as are these.”

Literature.—“Fresh and uncommon. Mr Taber really gets the Arctic atmosphere and feeling into his work.”

Review of the Week.—“An interesting little book. The scientific arguments are lucidly and convincingly put.”

Sunday Special.—“There is much curious information in this little book, first as to the scientific origin and formation of the feminine portion of humanity, and next as to woman’s limitations and powers.”

Scotsman.—“It is a suggestive essay on the eternal question of the Eternal Feminine, the principal points in which problem it states with neatness and brevity, and argues out with commendable conciseness.”

Standard.—“A book which is amusing from cover to cover. Bright epigrams abound in Mr Escott’s satirical pictures of the modern world.… Those who know the inner aspects of politics and society will, undoubtedly, be the first to recognise the skill and adroitness with which he strikes at the weak places in a world of intrigue and fashion.… There is a great deal of very clever sword-play in Mr Escott’s description of Dum-Dum (London), the capital of Paradoxia (England).”

Outlook.—“Decidedly you should read Mr Power-Berrey’s interesting book, taking laugh and shudder as they come.”

Sheffield Independent.—“We do not remember to have ever seen a more popularly-written summary of the methods of thieves than this bright and chatty volume. It is the work of a writer who evidently has a most intimate knowledge of the criminal classes, and who can carry on a plain narrative briskly and forcibly. The book fascinates by its freshness and unusualness.”

Liverpool Review.—“This is no fanciful production, but a clear, dispassionate revelation of the dodges of the professional criminal. Illustrated by numerous pen and ink sketches, Mr Power-Berrey’s excellent work is useful as well as interesting, for it will certainly not assist the common pilferer to have all his little tricks made public property in this lucid and easily-rememberable style.”

Australian Mail.—“A useful little book. We can strongly recommend it to the chairmen of public companies.”

Stage.—“A carefully-composed treatise, obviously written by one as having authority. Students will find it of great service.”

Literary World.—“The essentials of elocution are dealt with in a thoroughly capable and practical way. The chapter on public speaking is particularly satisfactory.”

Lloyd’s.—“Full of reverence, yet glows with vivid imagination.… These are Bible stories in a most novel and attractive form, never irreverent, but full of the keenest interest.”

British Weekly.—“Among the many attempts which have recently been made to fill out the Bible stories with the realistic touches suggested by our increased knowledge of the conditions of life in ancient times, this anonymous volume will take a high place. Seven stories are retold, some from the Old, some from the New Testament. To certain tastes they may seem too elaborately wrought, the author evidently relishes what is gorgeous, and his descriptions of Potiphar’s house are very richly inlaid with ornament, but whatever be the judgment of readers in this respect, there can be no question as to the effective realism of the narratives. Certainly some of the stories will convey both to children and adults fresh and memorable conceptions of Biblical scenes.”