| + + | Lit. D. 34: 178. F. 2, ’07. 440w. |
“Mr. Maitland has done as well for Leslie Stephen as Leslie Stephen did for Fitzjames, and the only possible ground of complaint is that he has not given us quite enough of himself.” Sir Frederick Pollock.
| + + + | Living Age. 252: 153. Ja. 19, ’07. 2990w. (Reprinted from Independent Review.) | |
| + + | Lond. Times. 5: 384. D. 16, ’06. 2290w. |
“He has composed a biography which thrills in every line with affection and admiration for his hero, but never lies.”
| + + | Nation. 84: 12. Ja. 3, ’07. 2410w. |
“Part of its charm is the unconscious subsidiary portrait that the biographer has done of himself.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 14. Ja. 12, ’07. 1520w. |
Reviewed by Ferris Greenslet.
| + + | No. Am. 184: 195. Ja. 18, ’07. 1680w. |
“For American readers the book would have been better had the author, or editor—for he is more editor than author—given a little more historical background. Historically the letters need some interpretation.”