Literary Reviews and Criticisms (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Such is the character of the book. And as it is now one of the most convenient sources for the study of this particular product, it is too bad that the text, which is virtually Arber's with the insertion of some additional matter, Should not have been thoroughly revised. In some Of the additions, for instance, an Old Spelling is retained after the present fashion, while in others it has suffered modernisation. Sometimes the syllabic -ed is indicated, some times not. The punctuation too ought to have been thoroughly overhauled. And it is to be wished that some one had taken the trouble to provide the Diana with a Specification of Constable's contributions.

But these are minor matters after all and need not detain us. The most noteworthy part of the whole performance is the general introduction by Mr. Sidney Lee, who undertakes to assign the Elizabethan love-sonnet to its proper niche in the gallery of comparative literature. In order to indicate intelligibly what he has done, however, it will be necessary to explain briefly the nature of the collection.

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