John William Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature… (1910)
“ His excursions into the drama in collaboration with W.E. Henley -- Deacon Brodie, Macaire, Admiral Guinea, Beau Austin, -- added nothing to his reputation. His style is singularly fascinating, graceful, various, subtle, and with a charm all its own. ”
John William Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature… (1910)
“ The tide may be said to have turned with the publication of Treasure Island in 1882, which at once gave him an assured place among the foremost imaginative writers of the day. His greatest power is, however, shown in those works which deal with Scotland in the 18th century, such as Kidnapped, Catriona, and Weir of Hermiston, and in those, e.g., The Child's Garden of Verse, which exhibit his extraordinary insight into the psychology of child-life; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a marvellously powerful and subtle psychological story, and some of his short tales also are masterpieces. ”
