Harper's Magazine, Jan. 1885:—"He is serus stud orum, he is only learning to fish, but he can write, and has made a very charming though brief addition to angling literature."
The Field says:—"Anyhow, the result of 'The Dove Dale Holidays' is a delightful pocket companion.... The principal charm of the little work is that it will be equally interesting to anglers and non-anglers."
The St. James's Gazette:—"Every page of it is good—a bright little volume. Worthy of gracious acceptance from all sorts and conditions of readers."
The Daily Telegraph:—"The fisherman, who must be as pleasant a companion by the waterside, as he is genial as an author, tells us how he spent three weeks' holidays, &c.... may employ very pleasantly half-an-hour of any angler's time."
The Guardian, Nov. 19, says:—"Tells in a very pleasant fashion how a delightful three weeks' holiday may be spent in beautiful Dove Dale."
Glasgow Herald:—"Decidedly interesting and amusing. It is gracefully and lightly written ... he tells the story ... with much quiet and quaint humour.... No angler should be without this excellent little book."
The Whitehall Review:—"This is one of the most charming little books we have met with for some time."
The St. Stephen's Review:—"No more charming little work than this has been published for many a day."
Army and Navy Gazette:—"A very pleasant little book."
Daily Chronicle:—"An entertaining little book."