| + + + | Ind. 63: 1231. N. 21, ’97. 110w. (Review of v. 4.) | |
| Lit. D. 35: 534. O. 12, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 4.) |
“The author keeps the larger aspects of the subject well in mind, and is not afraid to generalize at the proper time, but he is in accord with the recent tendencies in institutional study in striving to be as concrete as possible.”
| + + | Nation. 84: 455. My. 11, ’07. 2350w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.) |
“In substance, as we have seen, it is almost immaculate. It is complete, accurate, impartial. But its form leaves much to be desired, Mr. Lea seems to have almost gone out of his way to avoid making his history ‘interesting’ by vivid presentation or captivating style.” Joseph Jacobs.
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 693. N. 2, ’07. 2390w. (Review of v. 1–4.) | |
| Outlook. 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 3.) | ||
| + + | R. of Rs. 36: 636. N. ’07. 90w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.) |
“There can be no doubt as to Mr. Lea’s views, but he does not write as a partisan.”
| + + | Spec. 98: 425. Mr. 16, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 3.) |
* Leach, Henry, ed. Great golfers in the making, by thirty-four famous players. **$2.50. Jacobs.
A group of autobiographical sketches. “The stories are nearly all on one plan: Where I was born; when I got my first club; how I learned the game; where I won my first championship. Almost no direct instruction is given but the theory of the book appears to be that golf fulfills the Arabian proverb that the fig-tree, looking on the fig-tree, becometh fruitful.” (Nation.)