“The instant success of scandal which these memoirs attained has resulted in obscuring even their true personal interest. The English translation, so far as we have been able to test it, appears to be fairly satisfactory. It betrays signs of haste, and the printing, especially of French is carelessly done.”
| + + − | Nation. 83: 511. D. 13, ’06. 1470w. |
“Though in the main hard to read, they repay the trouble. It cannot be honestly said that Chlodwig Prince Hohenlohe shines in its pages either as man or politician.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 60. F. 2, ’07. 3500w. |
“It shares the faults of the German edition—long-windedness and futile digression—and has a full sufficiency of faults of its own, particularly in the spelling of German words.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
| − | No. Am. 184: 866. Ap. 19. ’07. 1990w. | |
| + + | Outlook. 85: 616. Mr. 16, ’07. 4130w. |
“The greater bulk is of interest only to the special student.” George Louis Beer.
| + − | Putnam’s. 1: 764. Mr. ’07. 1440w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 254. F. ’07. 120w. |
“Is to be recommended without reserve to all students of European history not by reason of any startling revelations it contains, for it contains none, but because it throws much light on a complicated and important series of events and is the record of an upright, courageous and far-seeing statesman.”
| + + | Sat. R. 102: 709. D. 8, ’06. 2590w. | |
| + | Spec. 97: 1049. D. 22, ’06. 550w. |