“Few volumes will do so much to supply the student of Shakespeare with what is necessary for visualizing not only the background of the life of the poet, but also the background present to the minds of him and his audience in many of his plays.” William Allen Neilson.
+ + – Atlan. 97: 702. My. ’06. 520w.
“We could wish that Professor Stephenson’s book might commend itself as certainly to the lover of good letters as to the lover of history. Its style is hardly worthy of its theme.” Charles H. A. Wager.
+ + – Dial. 40: 89. F. 1, ’06. 1330w.
“The curious matter is its own and best excuse for being, and the rarity of the forty odd illustrations adds, also, to the book’s value.”
+ Reader. 6: 719. N. ’05. 330w.
Sterling, Sara Hawks. Shakespeare’s sweetheart. †$2. Jacobs.
“The author has very much idealized the characters of both Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, but she has succeeded in writing a most delightful tale.” Amy C. Rich.
+ Arena. 35: 108. Ja. ’06. 130w.
“The tale has been told in a quaint, old-fashioned atmosphere that cannot but be pleasing.”