“The writing of the book is simple and direct, gaining thereby in clearness and force. Its sincerity cannot be questioned and its personal touches and humanness stir alive one’s jaded interest in travel volumes.” J. W. D. S.
+ Boston Transcript p5 D 11 ’20 560w
“‘Seeing the far West’ is a desirable addition to any home library.”
+ Bookm 52:344 D ’20 140w
“Occasionally the reader finds flashes of description that are characterized by originality, but, on the whole, the writer is content with conventional utterance.” B. R. Redman
+ N Y Times p9 O 31 ’20 160w
“The book will take its place as one of the best of the ‘boosters’ for seeing the great West.”
+ Outlook 126:654 D 8 ’20 50w
“Mr Faris has the enviable trick of making one see. He sets one dreaming golden, fantastic, rainbow dreams, and leaves one,—as only the most vivid dreams can leave one,—half convinced that one has actually been there in the flesh.” Calvin Winter