W 6–316.
“Starting with Rousseau’s view that Naples should be visited in summer and St. Petersburg in winter, Mrs. Meakin makes the Russian capital the starting-point for a literary, if not literal, journey all over the European dominions of the Czar, closing with Kieff and the Caucasus. She gives a great deal of information—historical, topographical, sociological—which is of considerable interest and value.”—Spec.
“Contains much more definite information on a wider range of subjects, than the usual personal narratives of travel.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 212. N. ’06. |
“This book is a valuable contribution to the too small list of good books on Russia, because it contains so many first hand observations, put in such a clear and attractive form.” Samuel N. Harper.
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 661. My. ’07. 630w. |
“The slips and little errors in the earlier pages are, though unimportant so numerous that we began to suspect the qualifications of the writer for the task undertaken. But we gladly admit that in reading on we found reason to change our view.”
| + − | Ath. 1905, 2: 891. D. 30. 980w. |
“They are somewhat desultory and discursive, but they contain nothing uninteresting, and they cover fields ordinarily left untouched even in a country so voluminously written of as Russia.” Wallace Rice.