+ Lit. D. 33: 556. O. 20. ’06. 370w.
“Is one of the really important books of the kind that have appeared this season.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“This readable biography, permeated with the strong personality of its subject has the shortcomings that Leland’s versatility made practically avoidable.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 262. S. 27, ’06. 1430w.
“This and other failings of his, Mrs. Pennell does not see; it is perhaps, not a part of her chosen task to see them. That she gives great charm to her record goes without saying; and that her estimate of her uncle as a person of importance is just, no reader will be disposed to deny.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 625. O. 6, ’06. 1580w.
“If the tone is rather more admiring than would be the case if it were not all in the family, is nevertheless an exceedingly readable book, full of letters and anecdotes of real intrinsic interest.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
“The life and character of Charles Geoffrey Leland [are] sympathetically interpreted by his niece.”