Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
+ Atlan. 98: 279. Ag. ’06. 570w.
“Mr. Lang is capable of being irritating, but he is never prosy. This book is probably all the better for its purpose because it has not the property of high finish.” H. W. Boynton.
+ Bookm. 23: 432. Je. ’06. 1340w. + Critic. 49: 49. Jl. ’06. 450w.
“Lang’s biography, for a brief one, is very full of details without being encyclopaedically dry.”
+ Dial. 40: 394. Je. 16, ’06. 380w.
“Mr. Lang’s chief contribution in this volume is to our collection of epigrams, and to our stock of somewhat buoyant common sense. Except in the matter of condensing Lockhart, it is a bit difficult to see what addition the book makes to our convenience.” William T. Brewster.
+ Forum. 38: 101. Jl. ’06. 620w.
“It is altogether too conscious of the authorities that have preceded it to be as satisfactory a substitute, as it pretends, to a reader who knows nothing about them.”
+ – Ind. 60: 1164. My. 17, ’06. 120w. + Lit. D. 32: 474. Mr. 31, ’06. 1240w.