...e—as in , or in , or in his landscape studies—he shows himself a master of English style; and in two of his briefer studies— and —he approaches the eloquence and splendour of De Quincey . His main limitations as a writer of the short story are to be found in the feebleness and flimsiness of his poorer work; in his all but complete lack of healthy humour; in his incapacity to crea...