“His book is heartily to be commended.”
+ Ath p687 My 21 ’20 100w + Booklist 17:25 O ’20
“All that he tells is well worth the reading.” E. J. C.
+ Boston Transcript p8 Je 12 ’20 550w
“Tho rambling in manner and somewhat cynical in tone, is an illuminating introduction to a little understood part of the world.”
+ − Ind 104:68 O 9 ’20 60w
“In no place in the present work has he attained or even attempted that subtlety of characterization, that inimitable charm of description which enchants us in Hudson. The outsides of people he has faithfully observed and studiously catalogued; the insides he has missed. Not that there are lacking passages of rare beauty and memorable description in the present work. Had Mr Bland chosen any other theme than this one, which has already been covered by a master, his volume would stand out as an unusual contribution to the literature of travel.” H. L. Varney
+ − N Y Times p16 Ag 15 ’20 1700w
“He writes because he likes writing, and as he writes very brightly the reader has no cause to complain. He conjures up people and customs that were strange to him in phrases of so much colour, point, and pungency that we are well content to see them with his eyes.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p198 Mr 25 ’20 1100w