'The arts of the printer and engraver show to advantage in this Scotch edition of the Poems and Songs of Burns. The Artists who supply the Illustrations are all of the land of Burns, and the book owes nothing to handicraftsmen on this side the Tweed. Many of the engravings are excellent, particularly the landscape sketches. Altogether the book is a handsome one, and to the "Scot abroad" it would be difficult to make a more acceptable present.'
Pall Mall Gazette.
'Mr. Nimmo's illustrated edition of the "Poems and Songs of Robert Burns" is a book upon which the publisher has evidently bestowed great care. Limiting himself to the art and industry of his own country, he has endeavoured to unite Scotland's best draughtsmen, engravers, and printers in the production of a worthy edition of Scotland's greatest and dearest poet. The result is very satisfactory. It is certainly a very meritorious production, and one which does great credit to the publisher.'
The Examiner.
'Of all the handsome reprints of the works of "nature's own" bard, this "Edina" edition of the poems and songs of Burns is, perhaps, the handsomest yet produced. Beautifully printed, and profusely illustrated by some of the most distinguished of the Scotch academicians, it forms a shrine worthy of the genius of the "poet of the land of the mountain and the flood."'
Court Circular.
'If we were asked what is the best and handsomest edition of Burns extant, we should answer—and we call the special attention of the reader to the distinguishing title which the publisher has affixed to this volume—the "Edina."'
Saturday Review.
'This is, as it ought to be, a Scotch edition. It is of Scotland, decidedly Scottish. Scotch as to author, printer, publisher, and illustrator. The whole thing has a decidedly pretty and whiskyish look; or, rather, to speak more decorously, it recalls the land of the heather and the flood throughout.'
Illustrated London News.