In the Opinion of various good judges of literature, and especially of the late William De Morgan, a life-long friend of the author, Astarte had suffered from the inclusion of certain extraneous matter. This was of two kinds: first, an unnecessary amount of detail about individuals who were concerned with the records of Byron's life immediately after his death; and second, a considerable mass of quotation, consisting largely of extracts from French sources, dealing principally with Byron and the epoch of the French Restoration. This last, mainly collected in the Appendices of the Original Edition, is excellent reading for lovers of literature, but it is not of the highest relevance.

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