‘Presents a very interesting sketch of the life of the poet, as well as a well-balanced estimate and review of his works.’
The Edinburgh Dispatch says:—
‘The author has shown scholarship and much enthusiasm in his task.’
The Daily Record says:—
‘The kindly, vain, and pompous little wig-maker lives for us in Mr. Smeaton’s pages.’
The Glasgow Herald says:—
‘A careful and intelligent study.’
Of HUGH MILLER, by W. Keith Leask,
The Expository Times says:—
‘It is a right good book and a right true biography.... There is a very fine sense of Hugh Miller’s greatness as a man and a Scotsman; there is also a fine choice of language in making it ours.’