“The chief objection to the book taken by itself, without comparison with others of the series, is that no attempt is made to carry out the promise of the title. There are signs that the work has been written by some one not familiar with English, or else translated by some one not wholly competent, or not very careful. On the whole, the most important part of the book is its illustrations. These have been made and the examples selected with considerable good taste and thoroughness.”
– – + Nation. 83: 40. Jl. 12, ’06. 1130w.
“The volume is most comprehensive, particularly in its records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 329. My. 19, ’06. 280w.
Fraser, John Foster. Canada as it is. $2. Cassell.
“This volume is a fair example of modern ‘special correspondent’ book-making. It is clever, confident, readable, and full of salient points and hurried slangy presentations of political situations.” (Spec.) The author “neglects no aspect of the country—the fruit-gardens of Ontario, the factories of Montreal and Toronto, the wheat-fields of Manitoba, the passes of the Rocky mountains, or the lumber forests of British Columbia. Mr. Foster Fraser has looked into every nook and cranny of all these countries with keen journalistic eye, and has swiftly penned his impressions.” (Acad.)
“The writing is always strong, vigorous, effective. Altogether, this is one of the best books on Canada that has been produced for a long time.”
+ + Acad. 68: 563. My. 27, ’05. 700w.