Of TOBIAS SMOLLETT, by Oliphant Smeaton,
the Dundee Courier says:—
“It is impossible to read the pages of this little work without being struck not only by its historical value, but by the fairness of its criticism.”
The Weekly Scotsman says:—
“The book is written in a crisp and lively style.... The picture of the great novelist is complete and lifelike. Not only does Mr. Smeaton give a scholarly sketch and estimate of Smollett’s literary career, he constantly keeps the reader in conscious touch and sympathy with his personality, and produces a portrait of the man as a man which is not likely to be readily forgotten.”
The Newsagent and Booksellers’ Review says:—
“Tobias Smollett was versatile enough to deserve a distinguished place in any gallery of gifted Scots, such as the one to which Mr. Smeaton has contributed this clever and lifelike portrait.”
Of FLETCHER OF SALTOUN, by W. G. T. Omond,
the Edinburgh Evening News says:—
“The writer has given us in brief compass the pith of what is known about an able and patriotic if somewhat dogmatic and impracticable Scotsman who lived in stormy times.... Mr. Omond describes, in a clear, terse, vigorous way, the constitution of the Old Scots Parliament, and the part taken by Fletcher as a public man in the stormy debates that took place prior to the union of the Parliaments in 1707. This part of the book gives an admirable summary of the state of Scottish politics and of the national feeling at an important period.”