v. 2. “The reminiscences of the Comtesse are continued during the Hundred days, Napoleon’s return from Elba, the events of Waterloo, and the restoration down to the year 1819. During this period the Comtesse returned to England with her father, who was French ambassador. Anecdotes of the English court and aristocratic society abound, and much criticism of English manners and customs, pointed by comparisons with French social and political life, makes highly entertaining reading.”—Sat. R.
“These memoirs are exactly what memoirs should be—to be of value and interest. No attempt is made to write history; there is nothing pretentious about them, nothing dull.”
| + + | Acad. 72: 532. Je. 1, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“A volume which, while here and there open to doubts as to accuracy, is everywhere attractive.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 64. Jl. 20. 1160w. (Review of v. 1.) |
Reviewed by S. M. Francis.
| + | Atlan. 100: 492. O. ’07. 610w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“The translator, modestly anonymous, has succeeded in giving to his version the agreeable effect of an original work.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 43: 84. Ag. 16, ’07. 1630w. (Review v. 1.) |