"Mr. Johnson's style is almost rhythmical, and one lays down the book with the sensation of having read a poem and that saddest of all longings, the longing for vanished youth."—Boston Commercial Bulletin.
"As a triumph of the realistic photographer's art it deserves warm praise quite aside from its worth as a sterling book on the subjects its title indicates.... It is a most praiseworthy book, and the more such that are published the better."—New York Mail and Express.
"The book is beautiful and amusing, well studied, well written, redolent of the wood, the field, and the stream, and full of those delightful reminders of a boy's country home which touch the heart."—New York Independent.
"One of the finest books of the kind that have ever been put out."—Cleveland World.
"A book on whose pages many a gray-haired man would dwell with retrospective enjoyment."—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
"The illustrations are admirable, and the book will appeal to every one who has had a taste of life on a New England farm."—Boston Transcript.
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL IN NEW ENGLAND. By Clifton Johnson. With 60 Illustrations from Photographs and Drawings made by the Author. Square 8vo. Cloth, gilt edges, $2.50.
"An admirable undertaking, carried out in an admirable way.... Mr. Johnson's descriptions are vivid and lifelike and are full of humor, and the illustrations, mostly after photographs, give a solid effect of realism to the whole work, and are superbly reproduced.... The definitions at the close of this volume are very, very funny, and yet they are not stupid; they are usually the result of deficient logic."—Boston Beacon.
"A charmingly written account of the rural schools in this section of the country. It speaks of the old-fashioned school days of the early quarter of this century, of the mid-century schools, of the country school of to-day, and of how scholars think and write. The style is animated and picturesque.... It is handsomely printed, and is interesting from its pretty cover to its very last page."—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
"A unique piece of book-making that deserves to be popular.... Prettily and serviceably bound, and well illustrated."—The Churchman.