“His volume looks well; his illustrations are interesting: his style, though it smacks a good deal too much of translation, is readable; his subject could hardly have been better chosen.”
+ Nation. 83: 288. O. 4. ’06. 800w.
“The present author has put the facts together in a very satisfactory fashion.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 565. S. 15, ’06. 1010w.
“Both entertaining and of interest as throwing light on the life of this great period in French history.”
+ Outlook. 84: 238. S. 22, ’06. 210w.
“Mr. Williams, however, has made a readable story out of material only too abundant. His book is quite as much a study of times and manners as a regular biography: with so many leading figures this was a foregone conclusion.”
+ Spec. 97: sup. 465. O. 6, ’06. 1700w.
Williams, Hugh Noel. [Later queens of the French stage.] Scribner.
A less distinctive work for stage art has been wrought by the six women in this group than by the women who were sketched in the first book of the series, “Queens of the French stage.” This latter group includes Sophie Arnould, Mlle. Guimard, Mlle. Raucourt, Mme. Dugazon, Mlle. Contat, and Mme. Saint-Huberty, and “they were rather reapers than sowers and left few traces on their art.” (Lond. Times.)