| + | Ind. 62: 734. Mr. 28, ’07. 270w. |
“Mr. Smyser judiciously restrains his personal views, and allows the poet and the circumstances of the time to speak. The book is a sympathetic appreciation of the poet.”
| + | Outlook. 85: 574. Mr. 9, ’07. 330w. |
Smyth, Eleanor C. [Sir Rowland Hill: the story of a great reform]: told by his daughter. **$1.65. Wessels.
The entire history of the penny post is traced here with generous detail concerning the originator’s home life.
“This old story was well worth retelling, and Mrs. Smyth, the daughter of the originator of penny postage, tells it well.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 2: 517. O. 26. 700w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |
“The special feature in the book is therefore due to the more intimate and personal atmosphere which she has thrown around her story; but this is mainly to be found in the first forty pages of introduction.”
| + | Sat. R. 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 170w. |