– + Acad. 70: 557. Je. 9, ’06. 160w.
“Delightfully humorous account of the travels of three friends.” Amy C. Rich.
+ Arena. 36: 211. Ag. ’06. 160w.
“Many more pretentious chronicles of travel have been less entertaining.”
+ + Critic. 49: 283. S. ’06. 170w.
“In spite of these mistaken efforts, most of the book is agreeable reading, and Mr. Harris shows real interest in Cornwall, and sympathy, mixed with a certain condescension, for the people he describes.”
+ – Nation. 83: 230. S. 13, ’06. 420w. N. Y. Times. 11: 439. Jl. 7, ’06. 130w.
Harris, William Charles, and Bean, Tarleton Hoffman. Basses, fresh-water and marine. **$3.50. Stokes.
“The brook brings you into pleasant contact with nature, even if the trout refuse to rise, and if one possesses a fairly active imagination the book may do the same, even if it fails to satisfy all applicable objective tests of good literature. It is chiefly from this point of view that we must commend the sumptuous volume which Mr. Rhead has devoted to the basses.” (Nation.)