“The letters are written in a graceful style and unfold a romantic story with much keenness of wit and other elements of the now almost lost art of letter writing.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w. |
“An innocuous tale upon well-worn lines.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 16w. |
Donne, William Bodham. William Bodham Donne and his friends; ed. by Catharine B. Johnson. [*]$3. Dutton.
“A volume of letters to and from ‘William Bodham Donne and his friends,’ ed. by Donne’s granddaughter, Catherine B. Johnson.... The letters selected attempt to give a connected idea of W. B. Donne’s life and to illustrate his character.... [He] numbered among his ‘friends’ the best-known literary personages of his day.... There are 16 illustrations, including portraits of William Bodham Donne, Fanny Kemble, FitzGerald, John Mitchell Kemble, Trench, Bernard Barton, Blakesley, and others.”—N. Y. Times.
“Considering the difficulty of the task before her, Mrs. Johnson has succeeded remarkably well.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 233. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1120w. | |
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 431. Ap. 8. 770w. |
“Most of the letters in this book were written by Donne, but a great many were written to him, and it is hard to say which are the more interesting.” Jeanette L. Gilder.
| + + | Critic. 47: 159. Ag. ‘05. 1580w. |