| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 756. D. 2. 880w. |
[*] “Is likely to prove of more importance than the recent edition of ‘The works and letters of Charles and Mary Lamb,’ of which he was the editor. It will not supersede the ‘Life and final memorials’ of Talfourd, but it contains, mainly in the form of letter and anecdote, much of supplementary value, and some matter which is absolutely fresh.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + — | Atlan. 96: 844. D. ‘05. 1080w. |
[*] “Taking Mr. Lucas’s biography as a whole there is a wealth of entertainment in its pages which it would be difficult to overestimate. The part that we are least sanguine of recommending is the appendix, which seems to us a heavy incubus upon a book which ought to carry not an ounce of superfluous material.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 297. S. 22, ‘05. 2440w. |
[*] “Mr. Lucas has drawn upon a large fund of fresh material, and has so generously told the story of both lives in the language of his subjects that this biography is really an autobiography.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 380w. | |
| * | + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] “Above all other things Mr. Lucas’s work is one which abounds in the essential characteristic of biographical work—sympathy. The vast compilation of tiny details of personality and character are not thrown together haphazard but are arranged chronologically, and indexed in a masterly manner.”
| + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 820. D. 23, ‘05. 690w. |
[*] “The first really complete and adequate Life of that singularly delightful writer and admirable man.”