'Full of well-told anecdotes.... The great charm of his pages is the entire absence of dulness and the evidence they afford of a delicate sense of humour, considerable powers of observation, a store of apposite and racy anecdote, and a keen enjoyment of life.'--Standard.
'Towards dulness Mr. O'Shea never turns his face ... his high spirits never flag, and his readers must be singularly phlegmatic and insensitive if they do not become infected with his exuberant gaiety.'--Academy.
'In addition to other good qualities, Mr. O'Shea possesses a decided vein of humour and a facility of unconventional expression.... We cordially recommend these lively and entertaining volumes to readers of all tastes.'--Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.
'Racy, rattling, irresistible; teeming with funniest anecdotes picked out here and there; with admirable and clever bits of character-sketching, frequent narratives of interviews with men of whom it is the salt of literature and politics to know something personal; and above all, glowing with a broad, rich, and boisterous humour.'--Freeman's Journal.
'Mr. O'Shea's two volumes of Reminiscences are the very thing for this chill and somewhat melancholy winter season. They are vigorous, they are animated, they are picturesque, they are, above and beyond all these qualities, highly amusing.--Whitehall Review.
'To tell of the number of persons and personages whom we encounter throughout its pages would be to furnish a fresh index of contents, and to attempt to select a few special anecdotes as specimens, would be as hopeless a task as making a choice betwixt the plums of a pudding. The two books are redolent of stories throughout.'--Society.
'The graphic and powerful writing is by no means the only feature of the work; for the anecdotes are good, and there is a pervading sense of the writer being in bright and cheerful spirits (which are imparted to his readers).'--Court Journal.
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