“She was a formalist rather than a wit, and in her letters she tries so hard to be amusing that one would really prefer her natural dulness.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 140. Ap. 20, ’06. 820w.
[Mrs. Climenson has] “so more than edited it that the two handsome and liberally illustrated volumes ... might be styled a memoir.”
+ Nation. 82: 427. My. 24, ’06. 400w. + N. Y. Times. 10: 820. D. 2, ’05. 220w.
“The two volumes before us are edited with some care and not a little profusion.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 351. Je. 2, ’06. 1600w.
“Her correspondence is interesting, for it gives an insight into the customs of the day, fashions, amusements, travel, etc.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 160w.
“We have many reliable and entertaining contemporary records of the crowded eighteenth century, but this must be regarded as exceptionally attractive.” Elizabeth Lore North.
+ + Outlook. 83: 524. Je. 30, ’06. 1580w