Literature.—"A work of great merit and interest, and unique in its field."
Scotsman.—"Will be of great use to those who wish a general guide to Scottish literature in prose, such as there was, as well as in verse."
North British Daily Mail.—"A model of what such a handbook should be—thorough, concise, well balanced."
Saturday Review.—"Excellent in every respect."
Morning Post.—"It is not easy to recall another volume, conceived on this apparently unambitious scale, which is at once so scholarly, so thorough, so agreeable."
Glasgow Herald.—"Deserves a hearty welcome and no stintedpraise."
Arbroath Herald.—"Few readers will fail to appreciate the justice and the suggestive force of his general survey of Scottish literature."
Transcribers Note
Headings printed at the top of pages in the original have been converted to sub-headings and placed and the head of the most relevant paragraph - see grey shaded sub-headings
Much of the text being letters and transcripts, inconsistant spellings have been retained