“The text is literary, chatty, easily read and quickly enjoyed.”
+ + Ind. 60: 454. F. 22, ’06. 300w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Wanderer in London. **$1.75. Macmillan.
“Mr. Lucas ... gives us his own London. A very odd place it is, full of odd characters, odd animals, odd entertainments, odds and ends of every description. The ordinary ‘sights’ do not belong to it.” (Lond. Times.) “He knows and tells all the associations of localities; he takes one into a hundred odd corners; he is in sympathetic touch with living Londoners of all classes and occupations. The fascination of London, he tells us, that which the traveler must come to see, is London men and women, her millions of men and women.” (Outlook.)
“The book abounds in out-of-the-way bits of information. The digressions are entertaining. The index is unsatisfactory.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 512. O. 27. 940w.
“Past and present are allied with the strongest ties of association and charm of literary treatment.” Wallace Rice.
+ Dial. 41: 391. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
“Londoners ... are all writ down by their fellow-citizen with a charm, a sympathy, a friendly enthusiasm that will go far to make them forget the misplaced compassion of country folk.”