“In these letters he is seen at his best. They are a rich feast for all who enjoy the lighter phases of politics, literature, society and travel.”
+ + Lond. Times. 4: 440. D. 15, ’05. 2850w.
“The interest attaching to these letters is much greater than that belonging to the average volume of eighteenth-century correspondence, and, quite apart from their service in recalling the memory of an extraordinary man, they bring us much nearer to Dudley himself than do any of his other writings.”
+ + Nation. 82: 101. F. 1, ’06. 1650w. N. Y. Times. 10: 641. S. 30, ’05. 280w.
“As a lively contemporary view of the men and events of that critical period they possess something of the attraction which belongs to those of Horace Walpole himself for a period slightly earlier.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 25. Ja. 13, ’06. 1070w.
“Next to their keenness and geniality, their predominant note is extreme sanity. Written in an easy and affectionate style, and full of shrewd judgments on politics and society. We cannot praise too highly the editorial work of Mr. S. H. Romilly.”
+ + Sat. R. 100: 593. N. 4, ’05. 1650w.
“Not only are they excellent in themselves, but they reveal a strange and curiously attractive figure, somewhat of a mystery to his generation, and almost forgotten nowadays save by diligent students of memoirs.”
+ + Spec. 95: 611. O. 21, ’05. 1750w.