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Southern Quarterly Review (Charleston, SC)
hostile
“In all those portions of this volume which relate directly to the whale... the interest of the reader will be kept alive. In all other aspects, the book is sad stuff, dull and dreary, or ridiculous. Mr. Melville’s Quakers are the wretchedest dolts and drivellers, and his Mad Captain... is a monstrous bore.
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— January 1852
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