“We recommend these tales of mystery and romance to those who are a little weary of the analytical and impressionist method, and who crave for a beginning and an end and some happenings in a story.”
+ Nation. 82: 510. Je. 21, ’06. 250w.
“The ideas upon which they are constructed are fertile and original, and they are, on the whole, artistic productions of uncommon distinction.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 409. Je. 23, ’06. 450w.
“Above all, they are picturesque, drawn with delicate and brilliant touches, and rich in colour and design.”
+ Sat. R. 101: 592. My. 12, ’06. 190w. Spec. 96: 989. Je. 23, ’06. 170w.
Lee, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget).[ Spirit of Rome]: leaves from a diary. **$1.50. Lane.
The work of a literary impressionist. These “leaves from a diary” are “the merest shorthand notes of things felt rather than seen in Rome and its ‘dintorni,’ during the transient spring visits of many successive years, by an Englishwoman of keen and rarely cultivated perceptions, who has passed almost her whole life in some part of Italy.” (Atlan.)
“The author has done wisely to give these impressions in their unpolished freshness—unset jewels, but masterpieces in little, pictures which for beauty and magic may be likened to Rembrandt etchings.”