“The only portions of value are the descriptions of Diaz in his home and of social life among certain of the prominent social families of Mexico city.”
+ – Ind. 61: 881. O. 11, ’06. 590w. + Lit. D. 33: 283. S. 1, ’06. 480w.
“Her history is not scientific but it is interesting. The faults are perhaps the too constant intrusion of a rather pleasant personality, a rather careless and a rather diffuse style. It is not a deep or an original reading of a remarkable man, but it is a pretty good sketch.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 112. Mr. 30, ’06. 480w.
“It is neither a real Mexico nor a real Diaz which is set before us.”
– Nation. 83: 171. Ag. 23, ’06. 880w. N. Y. Times. 11: 456. Jl. 14, ’06. 490w.
“This man’s work, unique of its kind, is set forth in a wonderfully fascinating, coherent, and authoritative manner.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 459. Jl. 21, ’06. 1680w.
“The book is interesting reading and, like most biographies of living men, it is exceedingly one-sided.”
+ – Putnam’s. 1: 126. O. ’06. 70w.