“The general editing is worthy of the documents which it elucidates, though in the third volume Mr. Benson and Lord Esher lead their readers into one or two blind alleys, whence foot-notes might have extricated them.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 509. O. 26. 1820w. |
“The care and skill shown in editing and annotating this great quantity of miscellaneous matter are all that could be desired. Dr. Eugene Oswald has done good work in translation.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 43: 368. D. 1, ’07. 1870w. |
“If it were not for the greatest interest that attaches to the letters, their reading would be somewhat wearisome and would give little enjoyment.”
| + + − | Ind. 63: 1366. D. 5, ’07. 1950w. | |
| + + | Lit. D. 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 150w. |
“There is, therefore, no use in denying that the interest of these volumes lies rather in the substance than in form. They do not give us quite the vivid and brilliant picture of the times, as they appeared when seen from the Throne, which a ‘Life’ might and probably would have given us. The book is, in fact, pre-eminently ‘a book for students of political history;’ it is a mass of material for the future historian of the reign.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 6: 313. O. 18, ’07. 5420w. |
“It is, accordingly, the public aspect of the Queen which alone can give much interest to these volumes of her letters.”
| + + | Nation. 85: 422. N. 7, ’07. 1600w. |