29 MAY 1897, Page 23

A Primer of Tennyson. By W. MeN. Dixon. (Methuen and

Co.) — We cannot undertake to criticise Professor Dixon's criticism. Not unfrequently we should be inclined to object to the expression which he gives to it; now and then our difference would go deeper. But, on the whole, we heartily recognise the insight which inspires, the good sense which regulates, it. "A Primer," the author calls his book ; and indoed an intelligent learner seeking to commence the systematic study of the poet cannot do better than furnish himself with this volume. The bibliography, with its biographical memoranda, is a valuable feature of the work.