Henry Fothergill Chorley

H. F. Chorley reviewed it in the Athenæum, noting that, even though from the earliest announcement of her plan we were convinced that Madeleine would get her hospital built, there was no avoiding being...

Henry Fothergill Chorley in the Athenæum noted some reservations about the character of Lisa, and about the caricaturing of Mrs Danby, the shrewish miserly mother-in-law. But he confessed to being bewitched by a literary power...

The Athenæum review of the second series, again by H. F. Chorley pronounced AP a real artist and this second instalment of poems to include some that must and will take rank among the most...

Reviews of Cranford were positive, focusing on its charm and apparent simplicity. In the Athenæum, Henry Fothergill Chorley commended its touches of love and kindness, of simple self-sacrifice and of true womanly tenderness.

Like most of her output around this time, it was extremely well reviewed for the Athenæum by Henry Fothergill Chorley , and other journals were just as gratifying.

Initial reviews dwelt on Wuthering Heights as violent, cruel, gloomy, and excessive. It was inexpressibly painful, in the words of the Atlas, coarse according to the American Review, and...

Athenæum reviewer H. F. Chorley , sandwiching his discussion of A Chaplet of Verses between those of two other works by earnest women, expressed some annoyance at its assured and zealous sectarianism and regretted...

Some reviews applauded the courage of Ruth and its author; others decried the subject-matter and language. Henry Fothergill Chorley 's Athenæum review was mixed: he admired some scenes for their honesty and naturalness, but was...

In the AthenæumH. F. Chorley agreed with Brontë, noting that many passages are written with Miss Kavanagh's usual sentiment and delicacy; but we can wish her no better wish than the earliest possible deliverance...

Henry Fothergill Chorley in the Athenæum, though as appreciative as ever of AM 's scene-setting and characterization, of her well-known power, and . . . her well-known style, had several grumbles. He complained that...

This bowdlerized version of EB 's novel and her poetry circulated widely and received many reviews. H. F. Chorley in the Athenæum pronounced the re-publication of the two novels an illustration of English female genius...

The Athenæum carried a brief review by H. F. Chorley congratulating the journal (and in effect himself) on having early recognised that AP belonged to the Golden Book of English poetesses. A...

Most reviews of North and South were positive, athough some criticized EG for what they saw as inaccuracies in her portrayal of northern industrial life. Chorley in the Athenæum called this one of the best...

Athenæum reviewer H. F. Chorley found some fault with it, attributing it generally to JK 's somewhat stereotypical view of French character. He argues that the purity of mind and taste which we have observed...

A short notice by H. F. Chorley in the Athenæum was quite dismissive: This is hardly a book for young persons. Mrs. Gatty has always some meaning which she wishes to convey, but her style...