“Apart from petty vices and the constant effort to awaken the momentary interest of uninformed readers, the book has a certain journalistic merit. It can be read rapidly, and many of its judgments strike one as sound, while still more of them are no doubt sincere.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 521. Je. 6, ’07. 240w. |
“S. G. Tallentyre, knows the France of the eighteenth century rather better, one may say, than she knows the art of English composition. But for all that, her book throbs with life, and an exceeding interesting, if often deplorable, phase of life it portrays.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 364. Je. 8, ’07. 1550w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 100w. |
“Even in the least successful of the studies ... apart from an occasional and sometimes pardonable lapse into extravagance of statement, there is little to criticise.”
| + + − | Outlook. 86: 436. Je. 22, ’07. 290w. |
“Her sallies are saddening, and no vivid picture is given of the brilliant circles through which she leads her readers. But none the less her book is worth reading and forms an adequate sequel to her ‘Life of Voltaire.’”
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 208. F. 16, ’07. 1300w. |
“This new work was well worth doing, for the subjects cannot fail to be found interesting, especially by readers of the former book.”
| + | Spec. 98: 803. My. 18, ’07. 260w. |