“Dr. Woods cannot be said to have produced a very readable book. The pageant of Regality is lost in mathematical formulae, in ‘grading by intellect’, and ‘in grading by virtue.’”
+ – Spec. 97: sup. 652. N. 3, ’06. 2170w.
Woods, Margaret Louisa. King’s revoke: an episode in the life of Patrick Dillon. †$1.50. Dutton.
“Patrick Dillon, Irishman as he was, served the King of Spain de jure during the usurpation of Joseph Bonaparte. Dillon, in combination with others and with the co-operation of England, designed to rescue Ferdinand VII. from his prison in Valencay, and this is the story of their failure. They failed because of the incredible cowardice of the King, who to curry favor with Napoleon, denounced his own partisans.... The story abounds with episode, and is a very taking piece of intrigue and adventure.”—Ath.
“Mrs. Woods has evidently taken the greatest pains to draw a true picture of Ferdinand, the last of those old-world Spanish monarchs.”
+ Acad. 69: 1229. N. 25, ’05. 510w.
“It is, for all that, a sound, painstaking piece of work, deserving of high praise.”
+ Ath. 1905. 2: 793. D. 9. 320w.
“We expect work of very high character from Mrs. Margaret Woods, and ‘The king’s revoke’ does not disappoint us.” Wm. M. Payne.