“It is impossible, without more quotation, to do justice to the security and ease, the lightness and penetration combined, of Mr. Dickinson. The book is as charming as it is suggestive. In its author we have one of the few living Englishmen who can really write prose.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 292. Mr. 10. 2260w.
“A suggestive little volume, well worth reading.”
+ Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 20w.
“The book has a genuinely literary character and is entertaining in the best sense. The dramatic setting increases the interest; but there is a lack of spontaneity in the arranging of the speakers which mars the artistic effect; the chairman is too much in evidence.” David Phillips.
+ – Int. J. Ethics. 17: 140. O. ’06. 220w. + Outlook. 84: 718. N. 24, ’06. 250w. R. of Rs. 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 60w.
“We have to thank Mr. Dickinson for several pleasing epigrams, and the brilliant comparison of America and Europe, put into the mouth of Ellis the journalist, makes by itself the slender book worth reading.”
+ Sat. R. 101: 461. Ap. 14, ’06. 1280w.
“He does his best for all, and he shows remarkable versatility in doing it.”
+ Spec. 95: 1041. D. 16, ’05. 440w.