"Far the best rhymes of the year are 'Kensington Rhymes,' by Compton Mackenzie, almost the best things of the kind since the 'Child's Garden of Verse.'"
ATHENÆUM:
"Will please children of all ages, and also contains much that will not be read without a sympathetic smile by grown-ups possessed of a sense of humour."
TIMES:
"The real gift of child poetry, sometimes almost with a Stevensonian ring."
OUTLOOK:
"What Henley did for older Londoners, Mr. Compton Mackenzie and Mr. Monsell have done for the younger generation."
STANDARD:
"Our hearts go out first to Mr. Compton Mackenzie's 'Kensington Rhymes.'"
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