“This volume so frequently fails in accuracy that the reader who knows the river must be moved to impatience.”
– Ath. 1906, 2: 212. Ag. 25. 1070w.
Reviewed by Anna Benneson McMahan.
Dial. 41: 200. O. 1, ’06. 990w. + Ind. 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 300w.
“He writes agreeably and has been careful in collecting his information.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 90w.
“The book is, in fact, one to make an Englishman shudder, and to depress even more the American who has been over the same ground.”
– Nation. 83: 350. O. 25, ’06. 280w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 15, ’06. 100w.
“We know of none at once so entertaining, so beautiful, and so comprehensive in its scope as this.”