“Full of facts and judgments of high historical value. There was hardly a keener eye on Greek affairs than Howe’s; hardly a man of any age who saw so much and interpreted it so well. His incisive judgments of men have, in the main, stood the test of time. Apart from the historical value of this volume, it takes rank with the very best Greek travels of that day.” J. Irving Manatt.
| + + | Am. Hist. R. 12: 640. Ap. ’07. 1040w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“If they are to be regarded as historical materials, they require much more annotation to make them generally comprehensible. Their omissions are too serious to give them much weight as a contemporary record of events.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 189. F. 16. 2090w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“Mrs. Richards’s prefatory and interspersed notes add no little to the value and completeness of the book as a detailed account of her father’s eventful young manhood.”
| + | Dial. 42: 187. Mr. 16, ’07. 350w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“The letters and journals are written in a spirited fashion, but are lacking in notable incident, and deal with few personalities who are of interest to any except special students of this period of European history.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 240w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“The book is readable throughout.”