| + | Dial. 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 150w. |
“This volume is an interesting and enlightening narrative of Russia’s many-sided life, by a woman whose investigations have been thorough and discerning.”
| + + | Lit. D. 33: 914. D. 15, ’06. 110w. |
“The thing that strikes the reader of Miss Meakin’s ‘Russia’ is a certain inconsequence of matter and style. We know of no popular book in English that deals so fully with the treasures of the Russian monasteries and museums, both public and private. There is a regrettable weakness in the matter of the names of the Russian governments.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 151. F. 14, ’07. 450w. |
“Every chapter is solid without sacrifice of entertainment. The author rather skillfully avoids the hackneyed.” Cyrus C. Adams.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 410w. |
“We look in vain for a glossary to explain the interesting text in this well printed, illustrated, and mapped book, brimful of little-known facts about Russian towns.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 522. Mr. 2, ’07. 280w. | |
| + | Sat. R. 101: 525. Ap. 28, ’06. 1500w. |
“The chief charm of this book is that one can take it up at any time and find something, if not positively new, at once informing and non-controversial.”