"He tells a story with the narrative power of a master of that art. His prose style has the rare combination of rhythm and smoothness together with a great deal of force... A quality not so much of style as of the writer's personality is his quiet, dry, and cutting humor. It crops out everywhere in his work... In the matter of his use of words, McFee seems to be going through some evolution. In Casuals of the Sea, he employs a number of words that necessitate more than an occasional reference to a good dictionary; however, in his later work, he has rid himself of this fault to a great degree, although a use of apt, but unusual, words may be said to be characteristic of his prose."
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Lloyd George, "William McFee — An Appreciation" in The Wisconsin Literary Magazine Vol. XXI, No. 3 (December 1921)
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William McFee
William McFee (15 June 1881 – 2 July 1966) was a British writer.
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