“In ‘Seeing and hearing’ he still further works the vein opened in the two earlier volumes, but leaves the reader a little disposed to query whether the vein is not getting worked out.”
| − + | Dial. 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 310w. |
“This new book differs from the old in not containing so many anecdotes, and in being a trifle more reflective, even pensive at times, but the note is much the same.”
| + | Nation. 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 160w. |
“His style, less severely academic and chastened than Mr. Benson’s, has a charm of its own—the charm of the easy, flowing talk of a man of the world.” A. I. du. P. Coleman.
| + | Putnam’s. 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 220w. |
“It has ... an excellent literary touch, and it is full of good stories, most of which will be new even to readers of Mr. Russell’s books.”
| + | Sat. R. 103: 403. Mr. 30, ’07. 200w. |
“It is always easy to read Mr. Russell and it is commonly worth while. But he writes in haste, and does not always verify his references.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 1410w. |