SOURCE: "The Work of L. H. Myers," in Scrutiny, Vol. III, No. 1, June, 1934, pp. 44-63.

In the following excerpt, Harding asserts that Myers's character development, plotting, and prose are more subtle in The Orissers, The Near and the Far, and Prince Jali than in The Clio.

In all four of his novels [The Orissers, The Clio, The Near and the Far, and Prince Jali] L. H. Myers is concerned with the theme of individual development in a civilized society, a society in which leisure and a tradition of culture make possible the practised intelligence and sensibility which he takes to be necessary conditions of development. He doesn't imply of course that leisure and a cultural tradition in themselves ensure any significant development, and in fact in The Clio he sees what can be said for this civilized background in the absence of any of the highly developed individuals...