Not only does this story contain such genuine humorous portraiture as the lachrymose Mrs. Holt, and the delightfully quaint Job Tudge, but it is also enriched by some descriptions of rural scenery and of homely existence in remote country districts as admirable as any to be found in her writings.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
The public loves cheap popular songs and mushy lachrymose verses.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
John and his bride are over at Hooley's Theatre watching that lachrymose melodrama, "Alone in London."
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson