Wilkie Collins: The Critical Heritage (The Collected Critical Heritage : Later 19th Century Novelists)

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 PREFACE page......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 54 From an unsigned review, Spectator, March 1850......Page 56 H.F.CHORLEY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, March 1850......Page 57 From an unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, April 1850......Page 59 From an unsigned review, Gentleman's Magazine, April 1850......Page 60 From an unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, November 1852......Page 62 D.O.MADDYN, unsigned review, Athenaeum, December 1852......Page 64 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Collins, December 1852......Page 66 Unsigned review, Dublin University Magazine, January 1853......Page 67 Unsigned review, Westminster Review, October 1853......Page 68 From an unsigned review, Spectator, June 1854......Page 71 GERALDINE JEWSBURY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1854......Page 72 Unsigned review, Leader, June 1854......Page 74 Unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, July 1854......Page 75 W.M.ROSSETTI, unsigned review, Morning Post, July 1854......Page 77 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Georgina Hogarth, July 1854......Page 78 MILE FORGUES, article, Revue des deux mondes, November 1855......Page 79 EDMUND YATES, article, Train, June 1857......Page 84 HORACE ST JOHN, from an unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1857......Page 86 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1857......Page 87 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Collins, July 1856......Page 90 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, October 1859......Page 91 GEORGE MEREDITH in his letters, January 1860......Page 96 CHARLES DICKENS, letters to Collins, January-July 1860......Page 97 Unsigned review, Morning Advertiser, August 1860......Page 98 Unsigned review, Critic, August 1860......Page 99 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1860......Page 100 Unsigned review, Observer, August 1860......Page 105 Unsigned review, Guardian, August 1860......Page 106 Unsigned review, Spectator, September 1860......Page 109 Unsigned review, The Times, October 1860......Page 112 Unsigned review, Dublin University Magazine, February 1861......Page 121 From an unsigned review, Sixpenny Magazine, September 1861......Page 125 From an unsigned review, Spectator, December 1861......Page 126 MRS OLIPHANT, from an unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, May 1862......Page 127 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, sketch in Cornhill, August 1862......Page 138 HENRY JAMES, from an unsigned review, Nation, November 1865......Page 139 EDWARD FITZGERALD in his letters, 1867 79......Page 141 Letter to W.F.Pollock, November 1867......Page 142 Letter to Charles Donne, January 1879......Page 143 CHARLES DICKENS, letters, 1862 3......Page 144 Letter to W.H.Wills, January 1862......Page 145 Letter to Collins, September 1862......Page 146 Letter to Collins, October 1862......Page 147 Letter to Collins, January 1863......Page 148 Unsigned review, Reader, January 1863......Page 151 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, January 1863......Page 153 H.L.MANSEL, from an unsigned review, Quarterly Review, April 1863......Page 155 ALEXANDER SMITH, unsigned review, North British Review, February 1863......Page 157 MRS OLIPHANT, unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, August 1863......Page 160 Unsigned review, London Quarterly Review, October 1866......Page 161 BISHOP THIRLWALL, letters, 1865 6......Page 162 H.F.CHORLEY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1866......Page 163 Unsigned review, Spectator, June 1866......Page 166 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, June 1866......Page 168 Unsigned review, London Quarterly Review, October 1866......Page 173 Unsigned review, Westminster Review, October 1866......Page 175 BRET HARTE, parody from Condensed Novels, 1867......Page 178 CHARLES DICKENS, letters to W.H.Wills, 1867, 1868......Page 186 GERALDINE JEWSBURY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, July 1868......Page 187 Unsigned review, Spectator, July 1868......Page 188 Unsigned review, Nation, September 1868......Page 190 Unsigned review, The Times, October 1868......Page 192 Unsigned review, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1868......Page 195 Unsigned review, Lippincott's Magazine, December 1868......Page 196 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, July 1870......Page 199 Unsigned review, Putnam's Magazine (New York), September 1870......Page 203 MRS OLIPHANT, unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, November 1870......Page 205 D.E.WILLIAMS, unsigned review, Athenaeum, February 1872......Page 208 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, March 1872......Page 212 From an unsigned review, Nation, March 1872......Page 215 Unsigned review, Canadian Monthly National Review, May 1872......Page 217 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, March 1875......Page 220 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, January 1877......Page 221 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1879......Page 222 Unsigned review, Spectator, May 1880......Page 224 E.A.DILLWYN, from an unsigned review, Spectator, May 1881......Page 228 Unsigned review, Academy, April 1883......Page 229 ?E.D.COOK, unsigned review, Athenaeum, April 1883......Page 231 J.A.NOBLE, from an unsigned review, Spectator, May 1883......Page 233 From an unsigned review, Saturday Review, November 1884......Page 235 JOHN DENNIS, from an unsigned review, Spectator, December 1886......Page 237 J.A.NOBLE, from an unsigned review, Spectator, January 1889......Page 238 From ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Autobiography, 1883......Page 239 J.L.STEWART, article, Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly National Review, November 1878......Page 241 HARRY QUILTER, article, Contemporary Review, April 1888......Page 246 Unsigned obituary notice, Athenaeum, September 1889......Page 264 M.W.TOWNSEND, unsigned obituary article, Spectator, September 1889......Page 266 A.C.SWINBURNE, article, Fortnightly Review, November 1889......Page 270 ANDREW LANG, article, Contemporary Review, January 1890......Page 281 EDMUND YATES, article, Temple Bar, August 1890......Page 290 W.J.JOHNSTON, article, Irish Monthly, April 1891......Page 295 APPENDIX Wilkie Collins: Principal Works......Page 296 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 298 SELECT INDEX......Page 300 Arts, Language and Literature Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 PREFACE page 14 INTRODUCTION 18 NOTE ON THE TEXT 54 From an unsigned review, Spectator, March 1850 56 H.F.CHORLEY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, March 1850 57 From an unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, April 1850 59 From an unsigned review, Gentleman's Magazine, April 1850 60 From an unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, November 1852 62 D.O.MADDYN, unsigned review, Athenaeum, December 1852 64 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Collins, December 1852 66 Unsigned review, Dublin University Magazine, January 1853 67 Unsigned review, Westminster Review, October 1853 68 From an unsigned review, Spectator, June 1854 71 GERALDINE JEWSBURY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1854 72 Unsigned review, Leader, June 1854 74 Unsigned review, Bentley's Miscellany, July 1854 75 W.M.ROSSETTI, unsigned review, Morning Post, July 1854 77 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Georgina Hogarth, July 1854 78 MILE FORGUES, article, Revue des deux mondes, November 1855 79 EDMUND YATES, article, Train, June 1857 84 HORACE ST JOHN, from an unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1857 86 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1857 87 CHARLES DICKENS, letter to Collins, July 1856 90 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, October 1859 91 GEORGE MEREDITH in his letters, January 1860 96 CHARLES DICKENS, letters to Collins, January-July 1860 97 Unsigned review, Morning Advertiser, August 1860 98 Unsigned review, Critic, August 1860 99 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1860 100 Unsigned review, Observer, August 1860 105 Unsigned review, Guardian, August 1860 106 Unsigned review, Spectator, September 1860 109 Unsigned review, The Times, October 1860 112 Unsigned review, Dublin University Magazine, February 1861 121 From an unsigned review, Sixpenny Magazine, September 1861 125 From an unsigned review, Spectator, December 1861 126 MRS OLIPHANT, from an unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, May 1862 127 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, sketch in Cornhill, August 1862 138 HENRY JAMES, from an unsigned review, Nation, November 1865 139 EDWARD FITZGERALD in his letters, 1867 79 141 Letter to W.F.Pollock, November 1867 142 Letter to Charles Donne, January 1879 143 CHARLES DICKENS, letters, 1862 3 144 Letter to W.H.Wills, January 1862 145 Letter to Collins, September 1862 146 Letter to Collins, October 1862 147 Letter to Collins, January 1863 148 Unsigned review, Reader, January 1863 151 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, January 1863 153 H.L.MANSEL, from an unsigned review, Quarterly Review, April 1863 155 ALEXANDER SMITH, unsigned review, North British Review, February 1863 157 MRS OLIPHANT, unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, August 1863 160 Unsigned review, London Quarterly Review, October 1866 161 BISHOP THIRLWALL, letters, 1865 6 162 H.F.CHORLEY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1866 163 Unsigned review, Spectator, June 1866 166 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, June 1866 168 Unsigned review, London Quarterly Review, October 1866 173 Unsigned review, Westminster Review, October 1866 175 BRET HARTE, parody from Condensed Novels, 1867 178 CHARLES DICKENS, letters to W.H.Wills, 1867, 1868 186 GERALDINE JEWSBURY, unsigned review, Athenaeum, July 1868 187 Unsigned review, Spectator, July 1868 188 Unsigned review, Nation, September 1868 190 Unsigned review, The Times, October 1868 192 Unsigned review, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1868 195 Unsigned review, Lippincott's Magazine, December 1868 196 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, July 1870 199 Unsigned review, Putnam's Magazine (New York), September 1870 203 MRS OLIPHANT, unsigned review, Blackwood's Magazine, November 1870 205 D.E.WILLIAMS, unsigned review, Athenaeum, February 1872 208 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, March 1872 212 From an unsigned review, Nation, March 1872 215 Unsigned review, Canadian Monthly National Review, May 1872 217 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, March 1875 220 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, January 1877 221 Unsigned review, Saturday Review, August 1879 222 Unsigned review, Spectator, May 1880 224 E.A.DILLWYN, from an unsigned review, Spectator, May 1881 228 Unsigned review, Academy, April 1883 229 ?E.D.COOK, unsigned review, Athenaeum, April 1883 231 J.A.NOBLE, from an unsigned review, Spectator, May 1883 233 From an unsigned review, Saturday Review, November 1884 235 JOHN DENNIS, from an unsigned review, Spectator, December 1886 237 J.A.NOBLE, from an unsigned review, Spectator, January 1889 238 From ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Autobiography, 1883 239 J.L.STEWART, article, Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly National Review, November 1878 241 HARRY QUILTER, article, Contemporary Review, April 1888 246 Unsigned obituary notice, Athenaeum, September 1889 264 M.W.TOWNSEND, unsigned obituary article, Spectator, September 1889 266 A.C.SWINBURNE, article, Fortnightly Review, November 1889 270 ANDREW LANG, article, Contemporary Review, January 1890 281 EDMUND YATES, article, Temple Bar, August 1890 290 W.J.JOHNSTON, article, Irish Monthly, April 1891 295 APPENDIX Wilkie Collins: Principal Works 296 BIBLIOGRAPHY 298 SELECT INDEX 300