“Two large volumes, and I do not think there is a dry page in either one of them.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
| + + | Critic. 46: 120. F. ‘05. 920w. |
“He has, therefore, won the gratitude due for a compilation that makes easy and attractive reading. But it is emphatically the work of a clever journalist and genial clubman, not of a trustworthy historian. It will not be safe to use the material here collected unless it is otherwise confirmed. Mr. Conway is surprisingly careless even in matters closely connected with his own career.” Herbert W. Horwill.
| + + — | Forum. 36: 564. Ap. ‘05. 1930w. |
“In a vivid and picturesque manner ... Mr. Moncure D. Conway tells the story of a strenuous life.” Walter Lewin.
| + + | Hibbert J. 3: 614. Ap. ‘05. 1300w. |
“A man who has lived in such times and amid such associations must from the nature of the case have an interesting story to tell. Fortunately, Mr. Conway is too good a literary craftsman to let the story suffer in the telling.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 30: 755. D. ‘04. 240w. |
“We may say without hesitation that it is an instructive, as it is a transparently sincere, record of human experience. The first volume is meant for American more than for English readers.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 181. F. 4, ‘05. 230w. |