| + | 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.”