id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
hvd.32044089408371-06	nan	The Dial  v.10 (1889-90	1890		.txt	text/plain	50504	3848	75	| Works : Camden, N.J.] 26 John St., NEW YORK. Green's notable chapter on “ The Elizabethan Poets, deed, as to externals, the book as a whole is a from the - Short History of England,” is thus perpetual satisfaction of the most exacting re- transported bodily in large sections to pages quirements of the publisher's art. 213 and 214 of our new book, with no sign of Alas, that a book so charming at first glance should prove so disappointing on close acquaint- quotation, and only so much of acknowledge- ance; that the absence of nearly every quality ment as the misleading introductory remark, “ Froude [!] throws good light on the condi- of good writing should be so conspicuous on tion of England,” etc. every page as to offend even the most careless But irritating faults of manner and pecul- reader ; that its liberal importation of purple patches from other authors, often however on iarities of style are after all but minor offences, and the critical student of any branch of liter- subjects most remote from the one in hand, should be so strongly suggestive of the style of ature will pardon many lapses of this kind for | the sake of new and trustworthy information, * SHAKESPEARE's True Life.	cache/hvd.32044089408371-06.txt	txt/hvd.32044089408371-06.txt