“‘Sheepskins and grey russet’ is really of value. This is a most gentlemanly book, with good antecedents, a reasonable income, and an excellent digestion.”
+ Dial 69:210 Ag ’20 120w + Ind 103:440 D 25 ’20 80w + Lit D p89 Je 26 ’20 2150w
“Many chapters give us an insight into country life in England. Not in the manner of Thomas Hardy or Eden Phillpotts, but in the more substantial and eternal manner of the ‘Stable boys’ almanac.’” B: de Casseres
− N Y Times 25:221 My 2 ’20 800w
“Charmingly printed and illustrated.”
+ Outlook 125:223 Je 2 ’20 50w
“The charm of the present book lies not a little in its slightness and unobtrusiveness as a story. The thread is there, a tale is told; but with great economy of motion, almost as if by inadvertence.” H. W. Boynton
+ Review 3:131 Ag 11 ’20 400w
“It must be confessed that as far as any practical assistance to an American family wanting to break into country life is concerned, the book is literature pure and simple, and by no means to be classed under useful arts. Perhaps they would say the same in England; but anyway, literature is quite worth while, and this book belongs in the worthwhile class.”
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Je 27 ’20 260w