“Less objective than Lindsay’s book ... well written, interesting and the most comprehensive book on the subject which has yet appeared.”
| + + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 10. Ja. ’07. |
“Our complaint against Sir Harry Johnston is that, with all his cleverness and brilliance as a draughtsman ... he is somewhat wrong in his perspective, if not also in his facts.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 63. Jl. 21. 1970w. |
“The interest with which the welfare of the negro race is followed in this country should secure for the book the attention to which it is entitled by virtue of the industry and learning that have been bestowed upon it.”
| + | Lond. Times. 5: 234. Je. 29, ’06. 610w. |
“A vast amount of intelligent and widely diversified labor has been expended upon these volumes, which give a comprehensive view of the Republic of Liberia.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 14. Ja. 12, ’07. 470w. |
“It is a book not only of great utility to the traveller, but of genuine interest to the untravelled; and the wonderful illustrations from the author’s brush and pencil are sufficient of themselves to fire the imagination.”