Mr. William Wallace in the Academy says:—
‘Professor Murison has acquitted himself of his task like a patriot.’
‘Capital reading.’
The Daily News says:—
‘A scholarly and impartial little volume, one of the best yet published in the “Famous Scots Series.”’
The Pall Mall Gazette says:—
‘A bright little book which will be much relished north of the Tweed, and also among those Scottish exiles who are supposed to be pining away their lives south of it.’
The New Age says:—
‘Anyhow, here, at least, we have his life-story—a most difficult tale to tell—recorded with a painstaking research and in a spirit of appreciative candour which leave almost nothing to be desired.’