John Cordy Jeaffreson
's Athenæum review found Dead-Sea Fruitless revolting and unwholesome
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2120 (1868): 827
than some of MEB
's previous work, although hardly up to a standard of Christian morality. He noted the...
Literary responses
Matilda Betham-Edwards
In the AthenæumJohn Cordy Jeaffreson
paid MBE
the back-handed compliment of saying that others of her children's books were better than this one, which is far too full of dates and guide-book learning to...