“Thruout, he shows a lamentable ignorance of American history and policy.”
+ – Ind. 60: 400. F. 15, ’06. 840w.
“Mr. Putnam Weale’s new book is hardly so interesting as his ‘Manchu and Muscovite.’ It is burdened by a belated account of the early months of the Russo-Japanese war, is somewhat discursive and would ... be improved by elimination and condensation.”
+ – Lit. D. 32: 623. Ap. 21, ’06. 640w.
“The author, combining the knowledge of the student with the knowledge of the man on the spot, presents the Far Eastern question exhaustively in almost every imaginable aspect. In spite of the manner in which the Russian ‘débâcle’ has upset some of his calculations, his book is the most valuable of recent contributions to the elucidation of Far Eastern problems.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 4: 438. D. 15, ’05. 1640w.
“In other words, Mr. Weale approaches the Chinese question from a strictly insular point of view. Yet his books may be highly recommended. All reserves made, there is nothing better on the Far Eastern question as it stands at this moment.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 79. Ja. 25, ’06. 1180w.
“Comprehensive and luminous discussion of the development of Far Eastern affairs.” George R. Bishop.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 80. F. 10, ’06. 3230w. Outlook. 84: 40. S. 1, ’06. 310w.