"A work which displays a high order of literary ability, careful antiquarian research, much ingenuity, and withal thorough honesty of purpose.
"[Lord Worcester], his life, told as Mr. Dircks has told it, is one of much interest.
"Here we have an elaborate—although of course not a completely exhaustive—account of his life; at any rate the most complete account of him ever likely to be written—a work filled with abundant evidence of the most painstaking research, a work written in a generous and sympathising spirit, and with every attribute of conscientiousness."—Engineering, 5th January, 1866.
"The production of this volume is no common achievement; Mr. Dircks has undertaken to write the life of a man about whom the public know very little.
"He has, we think, collected some curious information, and established the claim of the Marquis to be the first constructor of a steam-engine. The reprint of the celebrated Century of Inventions adds greatly to the interest of the volume."—The Spectator, 14th September, 1867.
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