“I was one of the first in this country—I rather think I was quite the first—to hail in print the genius of Mr. Joyce, when, many years ago, he put forth a quiet little volume of short stories called Dubliners.” Recalling an early recognition of Joyce’s realism · The English Novel of To-day (1924) Criticism Literature Recognition
“Instinct, as Falstaff said, is a great matter; but it is not the whole.” Qualifying the cult of instinct in modern fiction · The English Novel of To-day (1924) Criticism Instinct Literature
“The civilisation and social structure of our country, rightly or wrongly, take for granted that a few people shall have a lot of money and a lot of power, and a great many people very little money and very little power.” A plain statement of accepted inequality as the premise of society · The Coming Revolution in Great Britain (1920) Inequality Power Society
