The fourth volume of Sir Horace Rumbold’s reminiscences covers the period from 1885 to his retirement from diplomatic service in 1900. During these years he was sent to three courts—to Athens, The Hague, and Vienna.
+ Acad. 69: 1194. N. 18, ’05. 880w. Am. Hist. R. 11: 465. Ja. ’06. 40w. + Ath. 1905, 2: 540. O. 21. 700w.
“It is characterized by the same lightness of touch as its predecessors, and also, perhaps by the same preference for matters of superficial and personal interest over the graver side of public affairs.”
+ Lond. Times. 4: 465. D. 29, ’05. 2130w. + – Nation. 82: 98. F. 1, ’06. 150w. N. Y. Times. 11: 19. Ja. 13, ’06. 300w.
“The reader’s one regret is apt to be that the man who had the chance to see so much saw so little.”
– Pub. Opin. 40: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 100w.
“Garrulous Sir Horace Rumbold is in the sense that he repeats a fact simply because it is a fact, and he happens to remember it, without ever stopping to consider whether it is an interesting fact.”
+ – Sat. R. 100: 561. O. 25, ’05. 810w.
“The merits of this book, if viewed not only as the story of a long diplomatic life, but as literature, are visible in every chapter.”