Note 1061 — Chapter IV · LATER GERMAN CRITICISM.

Of course they have their merits, and have had their uses. In material criticism often; in textual criticism sometimes; in merely dramatic criticism not seldom, they are useful to those who want these things. But then, as Mr Locker’s immortal friend at the “Travellers” said about the company next door, “One doesn’t want them, you know,” or, rather, one wants something else and something more.