“His pages are alive with healthy incident and an observant criticism of birds and beasts, together with an admirably expressed appreciation of the wild and beautiful districts he visited in search of sport. From a British point of view this work is enhanced by being written in good readable English.” P.
+ + Acad. 70: 89. Ja. 27, ’06. 1540w. + Ath. 1906, 1: 168. F. 10. 260w.
“Mr. Roosevelt’s style is, as usual, practical and prosaic, almost unimaginative. But the volume is well-nigh cyclopaedic upon the ground that it covers. The author gathers large stores of information, and does not jump at conclusions. He is scrupulous as to the accuracy of the smallest details.”
+ + Dial. 40: 49. Ja. 16, ’06. 420w.
“It would be hard to put one’s finger on another writer on sport who is so keen an observer as President Roosevelt, or who gives us in his chapters on hunting so many interesting and good observations on natural history.”
+ + Ind. 59: 1535. D. 28, ’05. 450w. Ind. 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 10w. + + Lit. D. 32: 70. Ja. 13, ’06. 1400w.
“It is written by a man who is a delightful ‘raconteur,’ and who has an intense conviction of the virile reality of his own life and of the deep integrity of the life around him.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 380w.
“The volume that records his adventures is straightforward, vigorous and pithy, with no wasted words and no ineffective ones.”
+ Reader. 7: 339. F. ’06. 310w.