| + + | Acad. 68: 356. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1090w. |
“They are a treasure-house of entertainment. There is a good deal of pleasant classical lore; there are riddles, too, and jokes galore, so that the ordinary man as well as the scholar should be pleased.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 456. Ap. 15. 1610w. |
[*] “A mirror of the times indeed and it is with sincere regret that I read Sir Mountstuart’s ultimatum that these volumes are his last.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
| + + | Critic. 46: 508. Je. ‘05. 950w. |
“Though by no means dull reading are a little cloying if taken in course and at a sitting.”
| + | Dial. 38: 419. Je. 16, ‘05. 450w. | |
| + + | Nation. 80: 508. Je. 22, ‘05. 1080w. |
“They are bed-candle reading. As such they will divert, interest, and offer diverse suggestion to different people.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 316. My. 13, ‘05. 1350w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w. |
“Not an unkind word enters these pages. The author is amiable both by nature and grace. He is an accomplished raconteur.”