Ludlam 1962, p. 100: "Bram sought the help of Arminius Vambery in Budapest[...] Vambery was able to report that 'the Impaler,' who had won this name for obvious reasons, was spoken of for centuries after as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the 'land beyond the forest.'" Ludlam, Harry (1962). A Biography of Dracula: The Life Story of Bram Stoker. W. Foulsham. ISBN978-0-572-00217-6.
McNally & Florescu 1994, p. 150: "Unfortunately, no correspondence between Vambery and Stoker can be found today. Moreover, a search through all of the professor's published writings fails to reveal any comments on Vlad, Dracula, or vampires." McNally, Raymond T.; Florescu, Radu (1994). In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN9780395657836.
Browning 2012, Introduction: The Myth of Dracula's Reception: "Dracula's writing was seen by early reviewers and responders to parallel, if not supersede the Gothic horror works of such canonical writers as Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe, and Edgar Allan Poe." Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1-937002-21-3.
Browning 2012, Introduction: The Myth of Dracula's Reception: "That the sample of reviews relied upon by previous studies [...] is scant at best has unfortunately resulted in the common misconception about the novel's early critical reception being 'mixed'". Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1-937002-21-3.
Browning 2012, Introduction: The Myth of Dracula's Reception: "Rather, while the novel did receive, on the one hand, a few reviews that were mixed, it enjoyed predominantly a critically strong early print life. Dracula was, by all accounts, a critically-acclaimed novel." Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1-937002-21-3.
Browning 2012, Introduction: The Myth of Dracula's Reception: "That the sample of reviews relied upon by previous studies [...] is scant at best has unfortunately resulted in [a] common misconception about the novel's early critical reception [...]" Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1-937002-21-3.
Browning 2012, Introduction: The Myth of Dracula's Reception: "firstly, generally positive reviews that include perhaps one, sometimes two negative remarks or reservations, of which I have discerned ten examples; secondly, generally mixed reviews in which scorn and praise are relatively balanced, of which I have found four examples13; and, thirdly, wholly or mostly negative reviews, of which I managed to locate only three examples. What remains are some seventy positive reviews and responses. And, in addition still are thirty-six different laudatory press notices".) Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1-937002-21-3.
Rhodes 2010, p. 29. Rhodes, Gary D. (1 January 2010). "Drakula halála (1921):The Cinema's First Dracula". Horror Studies. 1 (1): 25–47. doi:10.1386/host.1.1.25/1.
Miller 1999, pp. 187–188: "The closest we have is that there is a short section on Bathory in Sabine-Gould's The Book of Were-Wolves which is on Stoker's list of books that he consulted. But a careful examination of his Notes shows that while he did make a number of jottings (with page references) from this book, nothing is noted from the Bathory pages. And there is nothing in the novel that can be attributed directly to the short Bathory sections." Miller, Elizabeth (1999). "Back to the Basics: Re-Examining Stoker's Sources for "Dracula"". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 10 (2 (38)): 187–196. ISSN0897-0521. JSTOR43308384.
Miller 1999, pp. 187–188: "The closest we have is that there is a short section on Bathory in Sabine-Gould's The Book of Were-Wolves which is on Stoker's list of books that he consulted. But a careful examination of his Notes shows that while he did make a number of jottings (with page references) from this book, nothing is noted from the Bathory pages. And there is nothing in the novel that can be attributed directly to the short Bathory sections." Miller, Elizabeth (1999). "Back to the Basics: Re-Examining Stoker's Sources for "Dracula"". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 10 (2 (38)): 187–196. ISSN0897-0521. JSTOR43308384.
