"When we read Bennett, apart from the mere acute interest created by the story he has to tell, we are at once humbled and exalted by the revelation he forces upon us--humbled by the mystery and miracle of human existence, exalted by the heavenly gift of vision which lifts us beyond human despairs. Like Edwin, at the close of 'Clayhanger,' we find ourselves 'braced to the exquisite burden of life.' And that is the supreme achievement of literature."--_Glasgow Herald._
"We doubt whether any of Mr. Bennett's books is likely to give more unmitigated amusement than 'The Regent'--a book full of good humour and high spirits."--_Spectator._
"Mr. Bennett is in the lightest of moods--the mood of pure high spirits and burlesque."--_Daily Telegraph._
"In 'Clayhanger' Mr. Bennett has suddenly grown to full stature, and at no moment of the story does he lose touch with the warmth and glow of life."--_Star._
"Mr. Bennett has here enlisted all the resources of his fertile intellect, his observation, his keen perception, his essential idealism, and set himself again to the production of a work that will surely be memorable."--_Daily News._
"A masterly story, well ordered, and alive with interest." _Pall Mall Gazette._
"It is all admirably done ... masterly studies of feminine character."--_Nation._
"A great book, handled with an immense breadth and spaciousness, and written in a style of perfect mastery."--_Morning Leader._
"The book is packed with cleverness."--_Standard._
"Mr. Bennett has established himself as a great novelist." _Morning Leader._
"A fine book in its truth, its comprehending sympathy, its courage."--_Daily Chronicle._
"Its realism is most expressive, and its artistry of a rare and excellent kind."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"That 'Hilda Lessways' is as great as 'Clayhanger' cannot be doubted. It is the epic soul of a woman, and every woman will see in it a mirror of her own experience. It is full of the pity and the beauty of life. It is ennobling, assuaging, restoring, and healing in its vision of existence."--_Star._
A select number of short stories written by Mr. Bennett during the last few years, now issued for the first time in volume form.
"Here, as elsewhere, Mr. Bennett has written with the hand of the master."--_Dundee Advertiser._