New Grub Street on Cousin Pons: “I have just been reading his "Cousin Pons," a terrible book, but I enjoyed it ever so much because it was nothing like a love story.”
New Grub Street on Absalom and Achitophel: “Will you credit that he twice or thrice referred to Settle's reply to "Absalom and Achitophel" by the title of "Absalom Transposed," when every schoolgirl knows that the thing was called "Achitophel Transposed"!”
New Grub Street on Absalom Senior; or, Achitophel Transpros'd: “he twice or thrice referred to Settle's reply to “Absalom and Achitophel” by the title of “Absalom Transposed,” when every schoolgirl knows that the thing was called “Achitophel Transposed”!”
New Grub Street on Epsom Wells: “He positively, I assure you, attributed the play of "Epsom Wells" to Crowne!”
New Grub Street on The Divine Comedy: “Whilst I was writing “On Neutral Ground” I went solidly through the “Divina Commedia,” a canto each day.”
New Grub Street on Oceana: “Marian had finished the rough draft of a paper on James Harrington, author of 'Oceana.”
The Odd Women on The Christian Year: “Alice turned over 'The Christian Year,' and endeavoured to console herself out of it, whilst her sister prepared the meal.”
Demos on Das Kapital: “I am translating the great treatise of Marx, “Das capital.” It occurs to me that a chapter now and then might see the light in the “Fiery Cross.””
Demos on Vita Nuova: “When he came to read the 'Vita Nuova,' it was of Adela expressly that he thought.”