“It is certain, at any rate, that this vivid, affectionate, one might almost say motherly, record of Hearn’s fugitive and feverish life affords a view of him in more illuminating consonance with the quality of his work than any that has been offered by his friends of his own sex.” Ferris Greenslet.
| + + | Atlan. 99: 261. F. ’07. 7490w. |
Reviewed by Harrison Rhodes.
| + | Bookm. 25: 73. Mr. ’07. 1990w. | |
| Current Literature. 42: 49. Ja. ’07. 1890w. |
“It would be impossible to give in a few words any adequate impression of the rare quality of the letters that make up the larger part of this book. It is impossible to read them and not feel acquainted with the writer—with the real man behind the mask.” Frederick W. Gookin.
| + + | Dial. 41: 448. D. 16, ’06. 2370w. | |
| + + | Ind. 62: 560. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w. | |
| + | Ind. 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 130w. |
“No reader of Hearn’s books can do without this work.”
| + + | Lit. D. 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 100w. |
“In these days when our shelves are crowded with trivial biographies, it is rare to come across a book so full of human interest, so suggestive, so valuable as a contribution to history as the ‘Life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn.’”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 52. F. 15, ’07. 1440w. |