“The style is, as the French say, ‘tortured,’ or, in other words, there is some straining after effect. We are, nevertheless, able to commend Mr. Abbott’s volume: and his photographs are among the best of the many good Indian photographs we have seen.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 478. Ap. 21. 810w.
“The want of descriptive power and the too pronounced personal note are the two blemishes that detract from the main value of the book, which is found in the writer’s comments and observations on the political status of India.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ – Dial. 40: 362. Je. 1, ’06. 580w.
“Mr. Abbott made lively use of his exceptional opportunities and shows himself to be a man of, at any rate, independent judgment.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 134. Ap. 12, ’06. 870w.
“He has not written daily newspaper ‘stories,’ but a book that will quite probably endure.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 342. My. 26, ’06. 160w. + Sat. R. 101: 530. Ap. 28, ’06. 260w.
“He had opportunities of seeing pageants, and we allow that he has a gift for describing them. But where is his call to deal with the ‘serious problems of British rule?’”
– Spec. 96: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 250w.