“The book takes up and gives rather full biographies of the lives of eight of the beautiful women who graced, and disgraced, the English court at the time of the Restoration. Each ‘historiette’ is illustrated by remarkably well made portraits, prints from famous pictures, of its subject, and of famous people connected with her career.”—N. Y. Times.
“It is no better and no worse than its fellows. There seems no reason why it should ever have been written. Its author displays neither knowledge of his period nor sympathy with the men and women, whose names irrelevantly decorate his page.”
– Acad. 71: 468. N. 10, ’06. 1180w.
“After a bowing acquaintance of a good many years’ standing with the women of the Restoration, we cannot but feel that any attempt to deal with them after Mr. Trowbridge’s manner would be, to ourselves, a thankless task, and must, with any one result in disappointment.”
– Ath. 1906, 2: 507. O. 27. 1440w.
“Will take no prominent place either for original research or for naughty piquancy of style.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ – Dial. 41: 385. D. 1, ’06. 290w. + – Nation. 83: 462. N. 29, ’06. 1140w.
“Mr. Trowbridge has written these chronicles very vividly and with a clear wide view of the backgrounding history. His style is so lacking in the elusive but crowning quality of distinction that sometimes it is almost offensive.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 763. N. 17, ’06. 480w.