Seventeen novelists are reviewed by thirteen scholars. Each chapter is written by a specialist who covers all significant scholarly writing, focusing on the mid-20th century, the most recent at the time this book was published. Their intent is to present a helpful resource for grad students and scholars, and to provide a survey for the general reader. Authors covered include Disraeli, Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, the Brontes, Gaskell, Kingsley, Wilkie Collins, Reade, Eliot, Meredith, Thomas Hardy, George Moore, George Gissing. Jacket a little tattered around the edges. Book is very good. Harvard University Press. 1964. Hb, Dj. USED. $5.00