An Early Review of Frankenstein:

     The British Critic 9 (April, 1818): 432-38

The novel is described here as having "neither priciple, object, nor moral,"
  and the reviewer closes by saying, "The author is, we understand, a female;
this is an aggravation of that which is the prevaling fault of the novel; but if
our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex, it is no reason why we
should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment."


               --from Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections