“This is a delightful book, on a delightful subject. Mr. Marriott is a historian of the new school in so far as he is a student and scholar; but, unlike many of his contemporaries, not so far as to be a scientific pedant. He never forgets the importance of the personal element, and is a painter no less than a critic.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 153. My. 17, 07. 2300w. |
“The facts are well presented, the characters clearly drawn, but the transmuting skill is not present that would make literature of one of the richest themes in English history.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 103. Ag. 1, ’07. 1100w. |
“May well be deemed a representative type of the highest literary scholarship of our time.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 500w. |
“There is thus ample reason for the biography now written by Mr. J. A. R. Marriott. It is not a book of inspiring interest.” H. Addington Bruce.
| + | Outlook. 87: 783. D. 7, ’07. 3250w. |
“We have no fault to find with Mr. Marriott’s graceful biography of one of the most interesting figures in a fascinating age except the air of confessorship and greatness eclipsed by a conspiracy of detraction which he throws around the ‘apostle of moderation and martyr of the via media.’”
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 751. Je. 15, ’07. 1290w. |