– Acad. 70: 379. Ap. 21, ’06. 770w.
“Had it contained more documentary evidence set forth with scientific method, it would have commended itself to naturalists in a higher degree than it is likely to do at present.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 395. Mr. 31. 820w.
“Mr. Harwood is anything but scientific but his picture of the achievements of Mr. Luther Burbank impresses the reader, as no scientific treatise could, with the astonishing command over their material now possessed by the breeders of animals and plants.” E. T. Brewster.
+ Atlan. 98: 424. S. ’06. 160w.
“It is sufficiently full, tolerably well written, authentic, and prepared under the direction of the gardener himself.” Thomas H. MacBride.
+ + Dial. 40: 47. Ja. 16, ’06. 730w.
“The author shows no desire or ability to make a critical examination of his achievements and to arrive at a just estimate of their practical and scientific value.”
– Ind. 60: 803. Ap. 5, ’06. 320w.
“If he will give us his own experiences in his own words, rather than in those of some too partial biographer, the whole world will be the gainer, and the value of Mr. Burbank’s work more accurately gauged than it can be from the perusal of the present volume.”