| + | Acad. 73: 58. O. 26, ’07. 620w. |
“Much of his matter will be fresh enough to most readers, but the point is the freshness with which he tells the story, the insight and balance of his judgments on people, the sharp light on his thumb-nail sketches. There is all Piccadilly in this volume, presented in a medium of imaginative talk.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 2: 648. N. 23. 1440w. |
“Lively, gossipy chronicles of bygone days.”
| + | Dial. 43: 424. D. 16, ’07. 130w. |
“If one cannot praise the book quite without reserve, that is mainly because of the conditions under which it was composed. It was written for the magazines and was intended to be read, not at a sitting, but in installments.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 6: 324. O. 25, ’07. 1020w. |
“Author and subject are in an ‘affinity.’”
| + + | Sat. R. 104: sup. 3. N. 16, ’07. 1560w. |
“A most readable kind [of book]. It is not, it will be understood, for every reader.”