+ Sat. R. 101: 340. Mr. 17, ’06. 30w. Spec. 96: 426. Mr. 17. ’06. 260w.
Hutton, Rev. William Holden. Burford papers: being letters from Samuel Crisp to his sister at Burford: and other studies of a century, (1745–1845.). *$2.50. Dutton.
“A number of letters which passed from ‘Daddy’ Crisp, the friend of Fanny Burney, to his sister, Mrs. Gast, who lived in Burford in the house now occupied by Hutton himself. The letters contain nothing very striking and add but little to our own sum of knowledge of Fanny Burney, Johnson, Mrs. Thrale or other famous people of the day.... But they were well worth preserving for the charm of their kindliness and humour, and the picture of the life of the times which they exhibit.... For the rest, Mr. Hutton’s essays are very largely concerned with the literary history of the Cotswolds and the neighborhood—small beer most of it, but refreshing and pleasant. He writes of Shenstone, of Richard Jago ... and other minor poets; and winds up with an able study of George Crabbe, a poet whom he understands and knows better than most.”—Acad.
“Lovers of the Cotswolds and the district cannot do without this book, and other people will find it agreeable reading.”
+ Acad. 69: 1207. N. 18, ’05. 300w.
“The author has fished in the backwaters of eighteenth-century life and thought in England, and he gives us here the results—not very grand, perhaps, but novel and, in their quiet way, most attractive—of his pleasant labour.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 443. Ap. 14. 3620w.
“Mr. Hutton is a true lover of his period, and as such is sure to give enjoyment.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 4. Ja. 5, ’06. 1470w. + Nation. 83: 122. Ag. 9, ’06. 1420w.