Our Mutual Friend : Contemporary Reviews
London Review, 30 April 1864
(First British review)
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1864
(First American review)
London Review, 3 June 1865
(Critical of Stone)
The New York Times, 22 November 1865
(Review of first American book edition)
E.S. Dallas in The Times, 29 November 1865
("We class it with Mr. Dickens's best works.")
Henry James in The Nation, 21 December 1865
("The poorest of Mr. Dickens's works.")