Evelyn, John. [Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, esq.]; with the life of the author by Henry B. Wheatley. 4v. *$12. Scribner.
The bicentenary of the death of John Evelyn has renewed interest in the famous diarist who “by a prodigal accident” was a contemporary of Samuel Pepys. This four-volume importation contains the diary of John Evelyn, selections from his letters, a biographical sketch of the author and a new preface.
“Mr. Wheatley’s edition is second only to his famous edition of Pepys.”
+ + + Ath. 1906, 2: 165. Ag. 11. 570w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
+ + Dial. 41: 451. D. 16, ’06. 370w.
“We may welcome an old favorite in its new dress, although we might wish that the volumes were a trifle less bulky—and expensive.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 183. Ag. 30, ’06. 590w.
“The extreme dryness of the memoir, one may almost say, is a guarantee of its authenticity, and in truth it is chiefly, as it almost had to be, a summary of the diary itself.” Montgomery Schuyler.