+ Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 176. Jl. ’06. 220w.
“This volume is a book of rare interest, but it is far more than that. Many chapters are in reality sermons of real value for our people, rich in lessons that should be of peculiar worth to young men and women.”
+ + Arena. 36: 320. S. ’06. 6760w.
“The book is not less entertaining than curious.”
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“As far as I know, Mr Hamilton Holt, in compiling his book, has struck an absolutely untrodden oath in the field of literature. I have not seen anything so interesting or suggestive for years as it is.” Rebecca Harding Davis.
+ + Ind. 60: 962. Ap. 26, ’06. 1740w.
“These are surely ‘human documents’ in the real sense of that term, and they have the fascination of such documents.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 290. My. 5, ’06. 1010w.
Holyoake, George Jacob. [Bygones worth remembering.] 2 vols. *$5. Dutton.