This book of stories was well received by the Athenæum, which described it as rich, delicate, and dextrously woven.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1892 (1864): 151
The reviewer (who this time was John Cordy Jeaffreson
) stated that...
Literary responses
Ellen Wood
John Cordy Jeaffreson
in the Athenæum was tepid in his praise. Commenting generally on implicit class grounds, he argued that in EW
's work deficiencies are numerous, but in different degrees they possess a quality...
