The Scottish Congregationalist says:—
“No one can read the admirable and vivid sketch of his life which Dr. Blaikie has written without feeling admiration for the man, and gaining inspiration from his example.”
Of JAMES BOSWELL, by W. Keith Leask, the
Spectator says:—
“This is one of the best volumes of the excellent ‘Famous Scots Series,’ and one of the fairest and most discriminating biographies of Boswell that have ever appeared.”
The Dundee Advertiser says:—
“It is the admirable manner in which the very complexity of the man is indicated that makes W. Keith Leask’s biography of him one of peculiar merit and interest.... It is not only a life of Boswell, but a picture of his time—vivid, faithful, impressive.”
The Morning Leader says:—
“Mr. W. K. Leask has approached the biographer of Johnson in the only possible way by which a really interesting book could have been arrived at—by way of the open mind.... The defence of Boswell in the concluding chapter of his delightful study is one of the finest and most convincing passages that have recently appeared in the field of British biography.”