“Mr. Lang’s book is pre-eminently, if not exclusively, for advanced readers—those who know their Lockhart and are fairly familiar with what has been written on the subject since 1837. In this present book ... in spite of all its fine qualities, there is some oddity or other upon almost every other page.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 121. Ap. 6, ’06. 2140w.
Reviewed by Florence Wilkinson.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 224. Ap. 7, ’06. 3080w.
“Thanks to his study of the history of Scotland he has turned new and true lights on many contested points, and he enlivens with anecdote and personal reminiscence the romance of the Borders he knows so well.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 49. Jl. 14, ’06. 790w.
“Mr. Lang’s criticisms are invariably interesting, partly because they are invariably characteristic, and are what are known in the loose journalese of the day as ‘sidelights.’”
+ Spec. 97: 203. Ag. 11, ’06. 970w.
Lankester, Edwin Ray. Extinct animals. *$1.75. Holt.
+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 899. D. 30. 900w. + + Critic. 48: 96. Ja. ’06. 110w.