“Mr. Mumby might have left his work to responsible critics, without suggesting that it was thorough and painstaking. It is both, and the volumes afford some of the most interesting reading which we have come across of late. The editor’s short notes by way of introduction are capable, and his taste in selection, on the whole, admirable.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907. 1: 99. Ja. 26. 280w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“A very attractive and companionable book. In these two volumes you have not only an index museum to most of the best letter writers of the last two centuries, but also a quantity of invaluable material for testing and revivifying many of the salient or amusing passages in literary annals.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 5: 426. D. 21, ’06. 1300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“There is a wealth of good reading which is of exactly the right kind to take up and dip into at any place for a half-hour’s rational enjoyment.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 356. O. 19, ’07. 170w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“Mr. Mumby has done his work well. One or two letters could have been spared.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 180w. |
“It is the autobiographical interest of these letters that appeals most to the reader.”