| + + | Dial. 43: 57. Ag. 1, ’07. 620w. |
“Unfortunately, however, it is impossible entirely to endorse this very high estimate of a book which, though brightly and humorously written, does not contain much that is new.”
| + − | Int. Studio. 29: 364. O. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“The full-page illustrations in colour are by no means satisfactory, the artist’s sartorial lore being far superior to his technical skill and knowledge of the anatomy of the human form. The best drawings in the book are the small reproductions after the Dightons.”
| + − | Int. Studio. 31: 251. My. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 4.) | |
| + − | Liv. Age. 252: 571. Mr. 2, ’07. 660w. (Reprinted from Lond. Times.) (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“If he had gone a little further and a little deeper, if he had kept clear of a certain annoying jauntiness of style, his book, valuable already, might have been of still greater worth.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 18. Ja. 18. ’07. 660w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“As a book of reference it loses half its value from the absence of an index; as a serious history of clothes it suffers from the author’s attempt to be sprightly; as a book of entertainment, it is too learned. Taken as a whole, as a work at once moderately entertaining to read and moderately useful for study, it may serve a purpose.”
| + − | Nation. 84. 454. My. 16, ’07. 400w. |
“This book will be invaluable to costumers and playwrights and of delight to the casual reader.”