Dundee Advertiser.—“The picturesque, animated, and deeply interesting story of his career is now open in a considerable volume entitled ‘Letters and Journals of Samuel Gridley Howe during the Greek Revolution.’ This is helpfully edited by his daughter Laura E. Richards, and has an introduction and notes by his old friend, F. B. Sanborn, besides an illuminating preface by Mrs. John Lane.... The journals are written with sincerity and realism. They pulsate with the emotions of life amidst the difficulties, privations, and horrors of the battle march, siege and defeat.”
Daily News.—“Dr. Howe’s book is full of shrewd touches; it seems to be very much a part of the lively, handsome man of the portrait. His writing is striking and vivid; it is the writing of a shrewd, keen observer, intensely interested in the event before him. Whenever his attention is arrested he writes with living force.”
A LATER PEPYS.
The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart., Master in Chancery, 1758–1825, with Mrs. Chapone, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Montague, Hannah More, William Franks, Sir James Macdonald, Major Rennell, Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, and others. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by ALICE C. C. GAUSSEN. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. In Two Volumes. 32s. net.
DOUGLAS SLADEN in the Queen.—“This is indisputably a most valuable contribution to the literature of the eighteenth century. It is a veritable storehouse of society gossip, the art criticism, and the mots of famous people.”
Academy and Literature.—“The effect consists in no particular passages, but in the total impression, the sense of atmosphere, and the general feeling that we are being introduced into the very society in which the writer moved.”
Daily News.—“To Miss Alice Gaussen is due the credit of sorting out the vast collection of correspondence which is here presented to the public.... Her industry is indefatigable, and her task has been carried out with completeness. The notes are full of interesting items; the introduction is exhaustive; and the collection of illustrations enhances the value of the book.”
World.—“Sir William Pepys’s correspondence is admirable.”