"... 'Mary Queen of Scots,' a work in which he equals and even exceeds his marked success in dramatizing a theme from the history of the heroic Maid of Orleans.... Its progress is well planned, and it proceeds with spirit, several of the scenes being splendidly dramatic. As literature the play is sustained at a high level in strong nervous verse.... The characters are firmly drawn and lifelike...."—Liverpool Daily Post. 

 

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 "An excellent drama.... The verse is always flexible, and at the right moment rises into the atmosphere of poetry in which Shakespeare moves with such freedom.... Joan is the soul and centre of the play, and the author has done nobly by her. We catch, as we read, some of the infection that fell upon men's souls from her presence ... which simply means that Mr. Presland has realised his historical characters so well as to make them seem living.... What we have written is sufficient to show with what dramatic truth and poetic sympathy the dramatist has approached his great subject, and with what success he has handled it."—Glasgow Herald. 

 "Mr. Presland has put some excellent workmanship into this new dramatic picture of the Maid of Orleans.... The action never flags. The verse is fluid, natural, yet dignified, and adapts itself easily to the varying requirements of the situations.... A play which leaves in the reader's mind a picture that grows upon him. One forgets everything but Joan, and that not because of any lack of proportion in the composition, but because of the naturalness and force of her beautiful character."—Bibliophile. 

 "At once good drama and good poetry.... The well-known story is deftly treated. The verse is easy and vigorous—above all, it is dramatic."—Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 

 "Mr. Presland's play shows how impressive Joan of Arc may be made as the central figure in a 'history.' ... Written with faithful adherence to Shakespearean traditions of form, it follows out in an interesting sequence of scenes the several stages in the career of the Maid of Orleans.... The piece is all the more impressive because it does not bring in any 

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