| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 90w. |
“Her diary could not have been more entertainingly written if she had intended it for publication.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 507. Je. ‘05. 460w. |
“Full of vivid pictures of the social life of the time and of the varied experiences of the war.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w. |
“The style is crisp and bright, and the tone frank and good tempered. It is on the subject of negroes and slavery that Mrs. Chesnut’s diary will prove most valuable to historians, but the general reader will be chiefly interested in the accounts of the home life of the beleaguered people.” Walter L. Fleming.
| + + | Dial. 38: 347. My. 16, ‘05. 1060w. | |
| + — | Nation. 80:485. Je. 15, ‘05. 2230w. |
“This diary has decided historical value. Further, it is an intimate record of an intelligent looker-on in Richmond during a greater portion of the war. There are some discrepancies.” William E. Dodd.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10:260. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1910w. |
“The two editors of the book are to be congratulated on having discovered and having thrown into such readable form this biographical material.”