“Had Mr. Dale kept within his proper limits, we should have had nothing but commendation to bestow upon his work.”
– + Nature. 74: 79. My. 24, ’06. 200w.
“Openly stating his sympathetic appreciation of the animal, the author proceeds with his study, combining faithful observation that carries conviction with it and all the compelling interest of a romance.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 405. Je. 23, ’06. 540w.
“It is in short a capital monograph, and will be read with interest we are sure not only by those who delight in the sport of fox-hunting, but also by every lover of natural history.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 118. Jl. 28, ’06. 580w.
“Though this book on ‘The fox’ does not quite come up to the standard of certain of its predecessors, every one who cares about fox-hunting should read it. It would have been better had the natural history of the fox been entrusted to a zoölogist.”
+ – Spec. 97: 18. Jl. 7, ’06. 600w.
Dale, Thomas F. Polo, past and present. *$3.75. Scribner.
“The selection of this book dealing with the polo of the remote past might it seems to us well have been omitted. Has written on the whole an excellent book, and we can thoroughly recommend it to all interested in perhaps the most fascinating game that was ever invented.”