“They are all the product of a fresh and imaginative mind, alive to all the subtle influences of poetry, and capable of conveying its impressions to others. Perhaps the best of all are those upon ‘As you like it’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet.’”
+ + Spec. 96: 185. F. 3, ’06. 1400w.
Brookfield, Charles, and Brookfield, Frances. Mrs. Brookfield and her circle. 2v. **$7. Scribner.
“The work of the editors is well done, and the book is sure to take its place among remembered annals of the Victorian period.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + Atlan. 98: 282. Ag. ’06. 380w.
“Are quite as interesting as any other Brookfield volumes that have been published; and this is paying them the highest compliment.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ + + Critic. 48: 84. Ja. ’06. 1170w.
“There are fifteen portraits, all remarkably good; so good in fact as to give a value to the book in spite of the lack of judgment and good workmanship which characterize the editing.”
+ – Ind. 60: 1285. My. 31, ’06. 370w.
“It is really in these letters that the claim of the book to be here noticed lies, for the connecting paragraphs and the descriptions of the principal personages which come from the pens of the two compilers, are done in a somewhat loose and careless fashion, which shows itself even in the numerous misprints or misspellings of proper names we encounter.”