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The Athenæum.—'Contains cleverness of a very varied kind traits of fine imagination, of high spiritual feeling, keen observation, and a singular sense of discrimination in character and dialogue.'

The Outlook.—'His story and the figures which people its pages are of a vivid and absorbing interest, instinct with life, and on every page some witty and memorable phrase, or trenchant thought, or vivid picture.'

The Spectator.—'No reader, who is not blinded by prejudice, will rise from the perusal of this engrossing volume without an enhanced sense of compassion for, and admiration of, the singular race of whose traits Mr. Zangwill is, perhaps, the most gifted interpreter.'

The Standard.—' These stories are of singular merit. They are, mostly, of a tragic order; but this does not by any means keep out a subtle humour; they possess also a tenderness and a power that is kept in great restraint and is all the more telling in consequence.'

W. E. Henley in 'The Outlook.'—'A brave, eloquent, absorbing, and, on the whole, persuasive book I find them all vastly agreeable reading, and I take pleasure in recognising them all for the work of a man who loves his race, and for his race's sake would like to make literature Here, I take it—here, so it seems to me—is that rarest of rare things, a book.'

The Daily Chronicle.—'It is hard to describe this book, for we can think of no exact parallel to it. In form, perhaps, it comes nearest to some of Walter Pater's work. For each of the fifteen chapters contains a criticism of thought under the similitude of an "Imaginary Portrait." We have a vision of the years presented to us in typical souls.'

I. ZANGWILL

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The Queen.—'It is impossible to deny the greatness of a book like The Master, a veritable human document, in which the characters do exactly as they would in life I venture to say that Matt himself is one of the most striking and original characters in our fiction, and I have not the least doubt that The Master will always be reckoned one of our classics.'

The Literary World.—'In The Master, Mr. Zangwill has eclipsed all his previous work. This strong and striking story is genuinely powerful in its tragedy, and picturesque in its completeness The work strikes a truly tragic chord, which leaves a deep impression upon the mind.'