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    9 SHE. The worthy Irish bishop, who cand...

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    9 She. The Worthy Irish Bishop, Who Cand...

    9 SHE . The worthIrish bishopwho candidl

    avowed that there y were some things , in * Gulli y - ver ' s Travels' which he could not believe , has

    been almost put into the shade by some critics , public and private , of Mr . Rider Haggard ' s " latest novel . They ignore the force of its

    imaginative power , taking a heavily prosaic view of a singularly romantic fiction . Should any critic of this calibre undertake to write a

    similar story , he might be open to Sheridan ' s scathing remark concerning the unfortunate poetaster who wrote a poem on the immortal

    bird . Sheridan's criticism was brief : * It is a poulterer ' s description of a Phoenix . ' * She' is book that must be readIt cannot be de

    a . - scribed . We have seen various efforts at descriptionall f utilqbecause the narrative in

    every way , defies the , most expert epitomist . This shows the subtle charm of the story .

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    ning interested to end alik with e in unflagg its natura ing l as excitement well as , and - . ^ natural creations . The mingling of these super and

    their in that strong contrasts feature we has think been the condemned author shows , but very

    the genius remarkable . Jules ori Verne ginality is- and the strength greatest of living his

    the exponent unreal . of the Some art of of the weddin sentences g the in real ' Sh and e , '

    it it is is true true , , give sriva the thfi reader reader or of books lioolca of of travel trn . trpil a momentary and indefinableflash of recollection that he has come across ^ something similar

    . before , but this is natural when one takes into account the sameness of African

    travellers' experiences .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1887, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011887/page/6/