Twilight of the Gods
Mary Butts praised "The Twilight of the Gods", writing in 1925 "How immensely effective is Dr. Garnett's method, "The Twilight of the Gods" because he knows the trick of telling realistically the mystery tale". E. F. Bleiler has described "The Twilight of the Gods" as a "collection of stories which cover many times and places with cosmopolitan learning is almost unique in literature. Wryly whimsical narratives, rather than formal stories, they are gracefully expressed, witty, and timeless. Only Vernon Lee has been able to work successfully in the same vein". Brian Stableford has praised "The Twilight of the Gods" as containing "deft and delicate fantasies" whose moral is "that Epicurean humanism is always to be preferred to Puritan intolerance". In a 1932 letter to his friend Brenda Salkeld, George Orwell described reading the book as "positively a duty" and praised "The Purple Head" as "excellent".