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THE NATION: `Blessed are they who possess the gift of extracting
sunbeams from cucumbers.... The simplicity of Mr. Beerbohm's themes
serves but to enhance the elegance of his mind.'
Mr. G. S. Street in THE ENGLISHWOMAN: `I trust sincerely I shall not
damage his reputation if I say that the play of his fancy is never
inconsistent with two strong qualities of his mind and temperament, a
sound judgment and a kindly heart.'
Mr. W. H. Chesson in THE DAILY CHRONICLE: `He is undoubtedly one of
our benefactors. He excels in the humour which creates humour.'
THE GLOBE: `In their different ways, all these essays will delight the
appreciative reader, and we can only bid him or her buy, beg, borrow,
or steal Max's latest volume immediately.'
Mr. James Douglas in LONDON OPINION: `The style of these essays is not
eccentric, and yet it is dyed with the hues of a personality as rich
and rare as Elia's own, There is no contemporary prose which is so
uncorrupted by current influences, and which is so sure to defy the
corrosion of time. In a hundred years it will not be a dated or
derelict thing. Its colour and its cadence will delight the
connoisseur then as the colour and cadence of Lamb's prose delights
him now.'
THE MORNING POST: `He is naturally gifted with something that is
called talent in life and genius after death.
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