“Had the letters contained anything noteworthy, either for its own sake, or as illustrative of Stevenson’s character or genius, they would have been welcome.”
– Ath. 1906, 1: 419. Ap. 7. 340w. + Critic. 49: 91. Jl. ’06. 90w.
“Though the motive in publishing the book may have been the desire to preserve some record of Mrs. Stevenson, it is quite certain that the only motive in reading it will be the desire to press still further if that is possible into the intimacies of her son’s life.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 103. Mr. 23, ’06. 650w.
“No more delightful book about Stevenson has been published since his death, and it is a moral tonic as well.”
+ + Spec. 97: 371. S. 15, ’06. 300w.
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. [Child’s garden of verses.] $2.50. Scribner.
“Stevenson’s delicate cameos of childhood have found a most apt interpreter who has a style of her own with a curious charm.”
+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 798. D. 9. 90w.
“One of the most attractive forms in which this most delightful book about children has appeared.”