“When the nature of the material permits the story is unfolded with agreeable literary effect. We notice here and there a lack of references, usually associated with a passage of minor historical importance. These pages form a good example to tesselated history.”
| + − | Acad. 72: 113. F. 2, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“There are various heedless and more or less incorrect statements in the general description of ecclesiastical London, apart from the religious houses. The accounts of hermits and anchorites, as well as of pilgrimage and sanctuary, are insufficient. But enough of adverse criticism has been offered. We cannot help thinking that if Besant had lived a little longer, this portion of his work would have been revised by him or by friends who were competent to aid him.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 157. F. 9. 1710w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“Sir Walter Besant’s ‘Mediaeval London’ has unfortunately, found no more capable editor than his ‘London under the Stuarts’ and his ‘London in the time of the Tudors.’ The illustrations are for the most part of real value.” G.
| − + | Eng. Hist. R. 22: 206. Ja. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“It is largely a work of paste and scissors, and they have not been applied with intelligence.” M.
| − + | Eng. Hist. R. 22: 832. O. ’07. 410w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“It is impossible to regard this volume as a work which Sir Walter Besant would have presented to the public in anything like its present form.”
| − + | Nation. 84: 548. Je. 13, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.) |