Field kept the promise of this letter, and the memoir of Mrs. Gray then written is a genuine work of love, composed amid "environments," as he wrote, "conducive to the sincerity and the enthusiasm which should characterize such a noble task."
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
The impartial and independent opinion of one outside the family, both in writing the memoir and in selecting passages from the manuscripts for publication, has been of great value.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
With this end also the following pages have been put together, and many small details included to help the subject of this memoir to live again in the imagination of the reader.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond