+ Bookm 52:346 D ’20 70w
“Remarkably shrewd and impartial record.” C. R. Hargrove
+ Freeman 2:283 D 1 ’20 1000w
“Almost alone of the chronicles that have come out of the enemy country, her diary presents a portrayal of events that is neither envenomed by partisanship nor warped by propagandist intention.” Amy Loveman
+ N Y Evening Post p14 D 4 ’20 1050w
“Takes high rank among the really worthwhile books of the war.”
+ N Y Times p28 D 26 ’20 920w
“Princess Blücher’s book adds hardly any fact of importance or of permanent historical value. The author saw German life during the war from only a few angles. The attraction of the book for the general public lies almost wholly in the appeal which it makes to persons who are interested in people of title for the title’s sake.”
− + Review 3:654 D 29 ’20 260w R of Rs 62:672 D ’20 90w
“This book, simply written by an English lady, with a decided sense of humour and deep religious faith, is far more amusing and informative than the many documented narratives of the famous war correspondents, because it is written from the centre of things in Germany, and has no political or partisan object.”