“It is to be hoped that this biography may help its readers to take a reasonably comprehensive view of a by no means simple personality.” S. M. Francis.
| + | Atlan. 100: 490. O. ’07. 410w. |
“His apologist, if one may so designate his latest biographer, is temperate and judicious in tone, and has presented what appears to be a not too flattering picture of the man.”
| + | Dial. 43: 56. Ag. 1, ’07. 1270w. |
“It is the chief merit of Mr. Craig’s book to show sterling qualities which Chesterfield was at too much pains in concealing, to reject the perishable trivialities of his character, and to exhibit him as a philosophic statesman, not inferior to any of his contemporaries, except Walpole at one end of his life, and Chatham at the other.”
| + | Lond. Times. 6: 81. Mr. 15, ’07. 2300w. |
“In this elaborate biography Mr. Craig has done an important piece of work in a competent way. The index is admirably analytical and leaves nothing to be desired.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 630w. |
“The author means to be disinterested, but his animus is occasionally too much for him. What he has to say is excellent in substance, but there is a great deal of repetition and digression in the book.” H. W. Boynton.
| + − | Putnam’s. 3: 234. N. ’07. 720w. |