“This book although not likely to prove very attractive to the ordinary reader of theatrical biography or gossip, will be valuable to the genuine student of dramatic history.”

+ + −Nation. 83: 467. N. 29, ’06. 830w.

“Mr. Nicholson, who has approached his subject in a thorough and scholarly manner, has drawn his material from a multitude of sources including many old documents.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 11: 904. D. 29. ’06. 600w.
R. of Rs. 35: 253. F. ’07. 90w.

“Mr. Nicholson has given a carefully constructed narrative.”

+Spec. 98: 541. Ap. 6, ’07. 150w.

Nicoll, William Robertson (Claudius Clear, pseud.). Key of the blue closet. *$1.40. Dodd.

W 7–54.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“So wholesome and enjoyable a book as this little volume of essays should find many readers.”