| + + − | Ind. 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 110w. |
“On the whole, Mr. Perry’s book is an exceedingly uncomfortable one to read. The virtues of an editor and a college professor are too widely different from those of a great original genius to admit of mutual comprehension.” Louise Collier Willcox.
| − | No. Am. 185: 221. My. 17, ’07. 990w. |
“Mr. Perry brought the methods of a scholar to his task, and for the first time the world has an adequate and candid account of Whitman’s antecedents and conditions, and of the outward happenings of his life. This record is not only more complete but it is more intelligent than any that has come from the Whitman cult.”
| + + + | Outlook. 85: 278. F. 2, ’07. 1920w. |
“In writing a perfectly sensible life of Whitman, Mr. Perry has performed a feat of which we may almost have despaired.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + | Putnam’s. 1: 635. F. ’07. 510w. |
Perry, John G. Letters from a surgeon of the civil war. **$1.75. Little.
6–24566.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.