E.S. Dallas in The Times

This volume comprises of a substantial selection of E.S. Dallas's journalism in The Times. Although his reviews were crucial not only in forging the literary reputations of upcoming writers such as different as George Eliot and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, but also in recalibrating the response to well-established authors such as Tennyson and Dickens, Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1827-79) remains arguably the most unjustly neglected of mid-Victorian critics. Although Dallas wrote for many other periodicals, it was his reviews in The Times that had the greatest impact on both the market for books and literary culture in the mid-Victorian period. This collection brings together an anthology of his contributions, as well as a newly written introduction, a comprehensive listing of the articles he submitted to The Times, critical apparatus to contextualise the materials, and a detailed chronology, reappraising Dallas' biography. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of literary history.

Graham Law is Professor in Media History at Waseda University. Jenny Bourne Taylor is Professor Emerita in Victorian Literature at the University of Sussex.

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Dallas as Expatriate Dallas as Journalist Dallas as Critic Chronology of the Life and Career of E. S. Dallas Chronological Listing of All Confirmed Contributions to The Times by E.S. Dallas Works Cited Select Anthology of E.S. Dallas's Times Contributions Part 1. Literary Reviews 1. 'Maud and Other Poems' (August 25, 1855) on Alfred Tennyson, Maud and Other Poems. 2. 'New Novels' (August 13, 1857) on Mrs. Gore, The Two Aristocracies, and Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers. 3. 'Translations from Goethe' (January 15, 1859) on Poems and Ballads of Goethe, trans. W. E. Aytoun & Theodore Martin. 4. 'Tales from the Norse' (February 1, 1859) on G. W. Dasent, Popular Tales from the Norse. 5. 'Adam Bede' (April 12, 1859) on George Eliot, Adam Bede. 6. 'Anthony Trollope' (May 23, 1859) on five Trollope novels. 7. 'Idylls of the King' (September 10, 1859) on Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King. 8. 'The Mill on the Floss' (May 19, 1860) on George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss. 9. 'The Woman in White' (October 30, 1860) on Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White. 10. 'West Highland Tales' (November 5, 1860) on J. F. Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands. 11. 'Silas Marner' (April 29, 1861) on George Eliot, Silas Marner. 12. 'Great Expectations' (October 17, 1861) on Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 13. 'Lady Audley's Secret' (November 18, 1862) on M. E. Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret. 14. 'Mr. Thackeray's Last Novel' (December 5, 1862) on W. M. Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip. (The Extra Christmas Numbers of All the Year Round, 1862-1867) 15. 'Somebody's Luggage' (December 4, 1862). 16. 'Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings' (December 3, 1863). 17. 'Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy' (December 2, 1864). 18. 'Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions' (December 6, 1865). 19. 'Mugby Junction' (December 5, 1866). 20. 'No Thoroughfare' (December 21, 1867). 21. 'New Novels' (January 22, 1863) on Wilkie Collins, No Name, & Ellen Wood, Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles. 22. 'Shakesperian Studies' (September 29, October 10 & 12, 1863) on several works including the first two volumes of the 'Cambridge Shakespeare', ed. W. G. Clark, et al., with related correspondence. 23. 'Novels in Season' (January 2, 1864) on Charles Reade, Hard Cash, & M. E. Braddon, John Marchmont's Legacy. 24. 'Essays on Fiction' (May 18, 1864) on N. W. Senior, Essays on Fiction. 25. 'Novels' (December 30, 1864) on Margaret Oliphant, The Perpetual Curate, & M. E. Braddon, The Doctor's Wife. 26. 'Modern Poets' (January 11, 1865) on a dozen volumes, led by Robert Browning, Dramatis Personae. 27. 'Our Mutual Friend' (November 29, 1865) on Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. 28. 'Felix Holt' (June 26, 1866) on George Eliot, Felix Holt. 29. 'Sabina' (November 11, 1867) on Emma Wood, Sabina. 30. 'George Eliot's Poem' (June 4, 1868) on George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy. B. Non-Literary Reviews 31. 'Gothic Architecture' (January 16, 1858) on George Gilbert Scott, Remarks on Secular and Domestic Architecture, Present and Future. 32. 'Scottish Philosophy' (April 1, 1858) on several works including The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, ed. Sir William Hamilton. 33. 'Ancient Pottery and Porcelain' (26 May, 1858) on Samuel Birch, History of Ancient Pottery. 34. 'Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy' (May 13, 1859) on his Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic. 35. 'Miss Nightingale's Notes' (Jan 24, 1860) on Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing. 36. 'Sir H. Holland's Essays' (April 21, 1862) on his Essays on Scientific and other Subjects. 37. 'Industrial Biography' (December 28, 1863) on Samuel Smiles, Industrial Biography. 38. 'Bee-Keeping' (January 10, 1865) on John Cumming, Bee-Keeping. 39. 'Woman's Work' (August 31, 1865) on Bessie Rayner Parkes, Woman's Work. 40. 'The Tonic Treatment of Diseases' (February 5, 1867) on F. C. Skey, Hysteria. Part 3. Others (Leaders, Articles, Obituaries, Reports) 41. Two Leaders from 1857: 'The inquiry into the origin...' (April 17, 1857), on a colliery explosion, with 'That there is a connexion...' (November 9, 1857), on the statistics of sanitation and health in London. 42. 'The Native Languages of India' (November 10, 1858), article advocating use of the Roman alphabet. 43. Two Articles on the Visual and Plastic Arts: 'Mr. John Leech's Drawings' (April 21, 1865), on auction at Christie's, with 'Sir Edwin Landseer's Lions' (February 1, 1867), on the base of the Nelson Monument. 44. 'The Late Lord Macaulay' (December 31, 1859), obituary of Thomas Babington Macaulay. 45. 'The Late Prince Consort' (December 24, 1861), obituary of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 46. 'Reported Death of Lord Elgin' (November 28, 1863), obituary of the Earl of Elgin. 47. 'The Great French Exhibition' (April 11, 1867), report from 'Our Special Correspondent'. 48. 'Inside Paris' (November 24, 1870), report 'By Balloon Post' from 'Our Special Correspondent'.