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The texts of the stories themselves are excellent: included are such pieces as An Elixir of Love, which Gilbert adapted to create The Sorcerer, and other comic and melodramatic stories.
Haining's introduction is almost a textbook example of how not to write about Gilbert. Much of what he says is an unashamed warming-up of very old opinions. His statements about the sources of the stories are often wildly inaccurate: for instance he says that the story The Finger of Fate was published in Routledge's Annual for 1890, whereas it was actually first published in Hood's Comic Annual, 1872.
This review was written by Andrew Crowther. Savoyard Books is very grateful to Andrew for allowing the use of his work on our web-site.
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