| + + | Acad. 68: 144. F. 18, ‘05. 1580w. | |
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 201. F. 18. 1560w. |
“Making every deduction for the imperfections inseparable from even the best biographies, one reaches the conclusions that here a really great subject has been treated both adequately and effectively.” Lawrence J. Burpee.
| + + | Dial. 39: 58. Ag. 1, ‘05. 1520w. | |
| Ind. 58: 1358. Je. 15, ‘05. 1040w. |
[*] “His book is frank yet discreet, and marked in all its parts by delicacy of perception.”
| + + + | Nation. 81: 342. O. 26, ‘05. 3370w. |
Reviewed by Joseph O’Connor.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 193. Ap. 1, ‘05. 3250w. |
“What is to be regarded as the official biography. It is official also in its discreetness—a discreetness at times carried to extremes, dimming perception—and in the highly eulogistic tone maintained throughout. It may safely be said that Sir Alfred, while presenting a work obviously open to criticism, has also presented one of direct value to the historical student, and of interest to the general reader.”
| + + — | Outlook. 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 280w. |
“Sir Alfred Lyall seems to us to have chosen the best way in which to tell the story of Lord Dufferin’s life.”