"Those who know much of Charlotte Brontë will learn more, and those who
know nothing about her will find all that is best worth learning in Mr.
Birrell's pleasant book."--_St. James' Gazette._

LIFE OF THOMAS CARLYLE. By R. Garnett, LL.D.
"This is an admirable book. Nothing could be more felicitous and fairer
than the way in which he takes us through Carlyle's life and
works."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

LIFE OF ADAM SMITH. By R.B. Haldane, M.P.
"Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with
economic science."--_Scotsman._

LIFE OF KEATS. By W.M. Rossetti.
"Valuable for the ample information which it contains."--_Cambridge
Independent._

LIFE OF SHELLEY. By William Sharp.
"The criticisms ... entitle this capital monograph to be ranked with the
best biographies of Shelley."--_Westminster Review._

LIFE OF SMOLLETT. By David Hannay.
"A capable record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters
of the English novel"--_Saturday Review._

LIFE OF GOLDSMITH. By Austin Dobson.
"The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its
humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold, as none could tell
it better."-_Daily News._