+ – Arena. 36: 202. Ag. ’06. 10,400w.
“The narrative has very little literary charm, ingenious or other. The annalist’s expression is often incorrect, and invariably clumsy. He has no organic mode of speech, and words are but rough counters with him.” H. W. Boynton.
+ – Atlan. 98: 279. Ag. ’06. 860w.
“Like one of his disembodied spirits, able to get outside of himself and write an autobiography as interesting as it is disinterested.” I. Woodbridge Riley.
+ + Bookm. 22: 626. F. ’06. 1670w.
“The record is planned on too large a scale. The reader who knows how to skip will find these volumes deeply interesting.”
+ + – Contemporary R. 88: 899. D. ’05. 2220w.
“In the past year which has been prolific of biographies and autobiographies there has been nothing more important or more entertaining than the autobiography of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ + Critic. 48: 352. Ap. ’06. 1410w.
“There is a good deal of matter in the book which does not strike one as being particularly valuable or important; but on the other hand, the variety of subjects discussed, and the wide human interests of the author, cause it to appeal to a far larger circle than the usual biography of a man engaged in the investigation of technical matters.” T. D. A. Cockerell.