Fuller Maitland's integrity as a critic came under scrutiny, notably by Elgar in a lecture in 1905. Fuller Maitland had published a denigrating obituary of Sullivan in the Cornhill Magazine,Fuller Maitland, J. A., "Sir Arthur Sullivan", Cornhill Magazine, March 1901, pp. 300–09 which Elgar alluded to as "the shady side of musical criticism … this foul, unforgettable episode."Moore, p. 479 Later, it was shown that Fuller Maitland had falsified the facts, inventing a banal lyric, passing it off as genuine and condemning Sullivan for supposedly setting such inanity.Burton, Nigel. "Sullivan Reassessed: See How the Fates", The Musical Times, Vol. 141, No. 1873 (Winter, 2000), pp. 15–22
