7–13938.
“A record of the talk and a study of the character of a large group of gifted people who enlivened their intercourse with one another with unfailing gaiety of mood and unflagging humor. High spirits and abounding wit are generally found in the company of men of genius; and the madness theory of Nordau is set at naught by the sanity and love of fun of the apostles’ who gave the University of Cambridge distinction between 1830–1840.”—Outlook.
“The book, indeed, is full of blunders—some due probably to slack reading of proofs, some to want of familiarity with the details of the life of the time.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 39. Ja. 12. 1320w. |
“An index, whose five pages, however, do not contain all the entries one might have occasion to look for—not even all the names of persons mentioned in the work. If the book has still another fault, it may by the more serious be thought to be an unduly generous inclusion of pleasant trivialities. However, they entertain—or, if not, they may be skipped.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + − | Dial. 12: 134. Mr. 1, ’07. 1500w. |
“To one behind the scenes this is not a good book.”
| − | Nation. 84: 205. F. 28, ’07. 890w. |
“A few typographical errors disfigure a volume unusually excellent in its format, a joy to both eye and hand. It is of the nature of an accolade to be admitted to this elect circle. Mrs. Brookfield’s readers cannot but have a sense of distinction conferred upon them.”