+ −A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 72. Mr. ’07.

“[The reader] should guard himself against too implicit an acceptance of all the dicta it contains. A spirit of recklessness may be found at work at various points in the main narrative.”

− +Ath. 1907, 1: 193. F. 16. 980w.

“The book is more deeply laden with useful knowledge than most, the studies of the art galleries in Spain being particularly close and appreciative.” Wallace Rice.

+Dial. 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 210w.

“The illustrations are so fine that they almost make up for the shortcomings of the text.”

+ −Ind. 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 170w.

“Perhaps the most interesting chapters of the book, in which there is not one dull page, are those on the Alhambra.”

+Int. Studio. 30: 278. Ja. ’07. 280w.

“Mr. Seymour ... is not a saunterer at all, but the cicerone, with much of the dryness and ponderosity of the guild, but informing, and if not so suggestive as Mr. Williams, far more valuable as a guide.”