Evelyn's social life, his contacts with public figures, his
accounts of the Royal Society, his personal reflections, his
comments on current events... his playgoing (of Hamlet he writes
`but now the old playe began to disgust this refined age') - all
these are here in full. For those who go to Evelyn for his literary
qualities and his picture of his life and times, this is a well
made selection, excellently presented.
*HISTORY*
The diary's record of Evelyn's own life and that of his family, and
the entries giving his comments on current events and on the great
and good of his day...are what most readers are likely to value in
the diary, and this readable volume should therefore serve its
purpose well.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*
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