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The Christmas Bookshelf [review of Sir Toady Lion]Christmas Bookshelf column, The Graphic, 18 December 1897, "Two Pretty Gift Books." Reviews Sir Toady Lion by S.R. Crockett (Gardner, Darton and Co.)…
The Modesty of the ScotsEssay on Scottish national modesty and cultural achievement. Crockett mentioned briefly alongside Stevenson as exemplar of Scottish literary…
Three New Novels [review of The Standard-Bearer]Three New Novels column in The Graphic, 23 April 1898. The Standard-Bearer review is the lead notice. Summarises the novel's thematic concerns: the…
ReviewsPopular fiction, ‘not purists in art’ ‘The thread of the story, too, is better than in some earlier writings, which have irritated us by their devious…
The Latest Crockett [The Standard Bearer]Review of The Standard Bearer (Methuen & Co., 6s.) in The Outlook. Assesses Crockett as a consummate story-telling mechanic. Argues The Standard…
Litterarisches BulletinReview that notes the Scotch humour in the book. | Subject: Review of The Standard Bearer
Notes on NovelsShort review mostly plot | Subject: The Black Douglas
The Black DouglasReview | Subject: The Black Douglas
The Black Douglas [review]Review of The Black Douglas (Smith, Elder, 1899). Acknowledges Crockett's right to use melodrama but judges the novel's imperfections manifest; finds…
The Black DouglasUnsigned review of The Black Douglas (Smith, Elder & Co., 6s.), noting its uncanny horror and comparing it unfavourably in craft to The Lilac…