![]() ![]() He stirred the dullest minds to guess the secret of his mystery but, so far as we have learned, the guesses of his most intellectual readers have been almost as wide of the mark as those of the least apprehensive. In no other of his romances has the author succeeded so perfectly in at once stimulating and baffling the curiosity of his readers. ![]() Dickens's previous works, as it appeared in installments, and can testify to the felicity with which expectation was excited and prolonged, and to the series of surprises which accompanied the unfolding of the plot of the story. In a new aspirant for public favor, such a title might have been a good device to attract attention but the most famous novelist of the day, watched by jealous rivals and critics, could hardly have selected it, had he not inwardly felt the capacity to meet all the expectations he raised. The very title of this book indicates the confidence of conscious genius. ![]()
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