[This list is restricted to (a) reviews of Yates’s novels and of RE in the Athenaeum, the Saturday Review, the Spectator and the Times, (b) reviews of Yates’s plays in the Athenaeum and the Times, and (c) a few other reviews of special interest, including some of those mentioned or quoted in RE.]
My Haunts and Their Frequenters [Item 73]
179. Noticed in ‘Our Literary Table’, Athenaeum, no. 1339 (19 Aug 1854):1017. [According to Yates, his first book was also noticed in the Atlas, Era, Weekly Dispatch, and Court Journal (RE, 1:255).]
A Night at Notting Hill [Play. 114[]
180. Athenaeum, 1524 (10 Jan 1857):56.
181. Times, 6 Jan 1857, p. 8
My Friend From Leatherhead [Play. 115[]
182. Athenaeum, 1531 (28 Feb 1857):284-5.
183. Times [John Oxenford], 24 Feb 1857, p. 12.
Double Dummy [Play. 118]
184. Athenaeum, 1584 (6 Mar 1858):312-13.
185. Times, 4 Mar 1858, p. 12.
Invitations to Evening Parties and the Seaside [Play. 123]
186. Athenaeum, 1833 ( 13 Dec 1862):772.
187. Times (under heading I ‘Evening Party’ II ‘Seaside’), 12 Dec 1862, p. 4.
Broken to Harness [Novel. 1-6]
188. Athenaeum Hepworth Dixon , 1935 (26 Nov 1864): 706.
189. Spectator, 37 (26 Nov 1864):1363-4.
Running the Gauntlet [Novel. 7-10]
190. Athenaeum, 1984 (4 Nov 1865):609-10.
Land at Last [Novel. 11-16]
191. Athenaeum, 2003 (17 Mar 1866):361-2.
192. Spectator, 39 (10 Mar 1866):274-5.
Kissing the Rod [Novel. 17-20]
193. Athenaeum, 2017 (23 June 1866):828-9.
194. —— 2053 (2 Mar 1867) :290. A letter, signed J. M , noting the identical plots of Kissing the Rod and the first of Dinah Mulock’s Two Marriages, published some months later.
The Forlorn Hope [Novel. 22-26]
195. Athenaeum, 2051 (16 Feb 1867):217. Yates wrote a letter commenting on a point of fact raised in this review: see Athenaeum, 2052 (23 Feb 1867) :256.
Black Sheep [Novel. 27-32]
196. Athenaeum, 2059 (13 April 1867):481.
197. Saturday Review, 24 (10 April 1867):190-1.
198. ‘Harriet Routh’, Spectator, 40 (6 April 1867): 390.
199. Times, 18 Oct 1867, p. 9
The Rock Ahead [Novel. 33-36]
200. Saturday Review, 25 (16 May 1868):659-60.
Tame Cats [Play. 125]
201. Athenaeum, 2147 (19 Dec 1868):850.
202. Times, 14 Dec 1868, p. 8.
Wrecked in Port [Novel. 37-39]
203. Athenaeum, 2183 (28 Aug 1869):271-2.
204. Saturday Review, 28 (4 Sept 1869):330-1.
205. Spectator, 42 (14 Aug 1869):960-1.
A Righted Wrong [Novel. 40]
206. Athenaeum, 2242 (15 Oct 1870):492-3.
207. Saturday Review, 30 (12 Nov 1870):637-8.
Dr. Wainwright‘s Patient [Novel. 41-42]
208. Athenaeum, 2259 (11 Feb 1871):173.
209. Saturday Review, 31 (4 Feb 1871): 154-5.
Castaway [Novel. 51-55]
210. Athenaeum, 2320 (13 April 1872):460.
A Waiting Race [Novel. 46-48]
211. Athenaeum, 2339 (24 Aug 1872):234-5.
Without Love [Play. 126]
212. Athenaeum, 2356 (21 Dec 1872):819.
213. Times, 18 Dec 1872, p. 8.
The Yellow Flag Novel. 43-45
214. Athenaeum, 2356 (21 Dec 1872):807.
Nobody’s Fortune [Novel. 49-50]
215. Athenaeum, 2301 (2 Dec 1871):720-1.
The Impending Sword [Novel. 56-59]
216. Athenaeum, 2431 (30 May 1874):729.
Two, By Tricks [Novel. 60-63]
217. Athenaeum, 2465 (23 Jan 1875):121-2.
A Silent Witness [Novel. Items 64-68]
218. Athenaeum, 2485 (12 June 187 5): 779.
Edmund Yates: His Recollections and Experiences [Autobiography. 153-6]
219. Athenaeum, 2978 (22 Nov 1884):654-5.
220. Saturday Review, 58 (22 Nov 1884):668-9.
221. Spectator, 57 (29 Nov 1884):1580-2.
222. Temple Bar [George Archdale], 72 (Dec 1884): 460-84.
223. Academy [C.E. Dawkins], 26 (6 Dec 1884):369.
224. Fortnightly Review [T.H.S. Escott], 42 (Dec 1884):834-46.