+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 167. O. ’07. S.

“The easy, flowing style of the book takes one from one scene to another without effort, and the vivid descriptions enable the reader to ‘see without traveling.’”

+Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 594. N. ’07. 140w.

“The book is charmingly illustrated, and abounds in engaging, sincere enthusiasm.”

+Ath. 1907, 1: 350. Mr. 23. 190w.

“Whatever Mr. Hume describes in and about Oporto, Bussaco, Coimbra, Alcoboca, Cintra, Lisbon, or places of lesser note, is done with a well-considered and creditable enthusiasm, and in an unusually graceful style.”

+Dial. 42: 373. Je. 16, ’07. 200w.

“It ought to be a revelation to those who know Portugal only from a guide book, or who think of it only as an unimportant strip of seashore to be neglected for royal Spain.”

+Nation. 85: 236. S. 12, ’07. 490w.

“The fault we have to find with the clever sketches in colour is that they are somewhat faint in tint and rather too much en vignette.”