More than one elaborate hoax
3. Athenaeum (28 juin 1902) « AI has that stamp of inevitable logic which distinguishes Swift, without Swift’s terrible bitterness and soreness. »
Times (20 juin) « The ironic humour is rarely as savage as Swift’s, and it is somewhat erratic in its strokes. »
4. La Nuova Antologia (Rome); Il Monte Rosa (Varallo Sesia); Quo Vadis (Trapani) : « Samuele Butler e Morto ! » (12 juillet)