The most vitriolic review appeared in The Academy. Walter MacLeane
vehemently objected to AK
's favourable depiction of Rosamunda, whom he declared one of the most detestable characters in history . . . coarse...
Literary responses
Anna Kingsford
MacLeane
half apologized, for his personal but not his literary judgements, in the issue of 10 April 1875: If . . . any reader of the review was led by it to form an opinion...
Reception
Anna Kingsford
AK
published a response in the next issue of The Academy, accusing MacLeane
's review of unscrupulous misrepresentation.
The Academy.
152 (3 April 1875): 351
Not only had MacLeane invented incorrect punctuation in her work...
