In this second volume, Dr. Field, I think, has surpassed himself in the first, and this is saying a good deal. In both volumes the editorial instinct and habit are conspicuous, Dr. Prime has said that an editor should have six senses, the sixth being “a sense of the interesting.” Dr. Field has this to perfection. * * *
From the New York Herald.
It would be impossible by extracts to convey an adequate idea of the variety, abundance, or picturesque freshness of these sketches of travel, without copying a great part of the book.
Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., In the Christian at Work.
Dr. Field has an eye, if we may use a photographic illustration, with a great deal of collodion in it, so that he sees very clearly. He knows also how to describe just those things in the different places visited by him which an intelligent man wants to know about.
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