+ Boston Transcript p10 Ap 24 ’20 1500w
“Another inimitable Cape Cod story.”
+ Cleveland p71 Ag ’20 40w
“He can tell a very good story, as he does in ‘The Portygee,’ his psychology, tho somewhat obvious, is true, but his thoroly ‘wholesome’ humor lacks the faintest alleviation of subtlety. Cape Cod deserves a better interpreter.”
+ − Ind 103:186 Ag 14 ’20 100w
“‘The Portygee’ is a pleasant, amusing little story, which Mr Lincoln’s admirers will no doubt greatly enjoy.”
+ N Y Times 25:219 My 2 ’20 480w
“There is hearty fun in the book, and there is also sound philosophy and fine Americanism.”
+ Outlook 125:281 Je 9 ’20 140w
“This book brings back the smell of the moors, the salt sea, and the thick encompassing fogs.” Katharine Oliver