Vanity Fair.—"He is the Laureate of the Upper Thames, and no one has so completely seized as he has the sentiment of the lovely river."
Observer.—"There are few cultivated tastes for which 'The Lazy Minstrel' does not provide in his characteristic way."
The Bookbuyer (New York).—"Mr. Sterry has the lightness and sureness of touch, without which this kind of verse is of all verse the flattest, stalest, and most unprofitable. He has a keen eye for those significant details which make up a picture, an easy indolence which excludes all appearance of labour, and the self-possession of a man of the world who amuses himself with the making of verse."
Court Circular.—"He is one of the foremost writers of vers de société of the day, and his productions are distinguished by poetic fancy and neat workmanship."
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.—"One of the most welcome of the lighter singers."
The Theatre.—"There never was such a songster."
Morning Advertiser.—"He is always in tune with his subject, and knows how to rhyme with facility and expression."
Court Journal.—"Whether witty or pathetic, the lays and carols are equally well written and entertaining."
Newcastle Chronicle.—"Few writers can impart so much grace to everything he touches, and none have so light and aerial a muse as Mr. Sterry."
North British Daily Mail.—"For fluency of expression, ready command of the fitting epithet at all times, tender grace and gentle humour, Mr. Ashby-Sterry is indeed a marvel; and the public are under heavy obligations to the man who furnishes such a pleasant feast of mirth-provoking rhymes."