+ + – Bookm. 23: 625. Ag. ’06. 1350w.
“He wisely decided to base the work almost entirely upon the letters and other autobiographical material at his disposal, and the result is very satisfactory, though it might perhaps have been more so if the matter had been condensed into half the space.”
+ + – Critic. 49: 189. Ag. ’06. 290w.
“Not even its careful workmanship gives it the flavor of an ideal biography. Mr. Downey’s index ... leaves much to be desired.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ – Dial. 40: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 2090w.
“Mr. Downey’s biography is a great improvement on the previous one by Dr. Fitzpatrick. He is much more careful than his predecessor about his facts, and he has had the advantage of using new documents.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 147. Ap. 27, ’06. 1780w.
“These two volumes will probably be read when his novels are never taken from the shelf.”
+ + Nation. 83: 228. S. 13, ’06. 910w.
“These letters reveal the man. Nothing, in fact, could give posterity a better idea of the Irish novelist.”