“A man who does not know most of it before he dreams of riding ‘cross country’ cannot learn it here, and the work has the aridity of a schoolbook to one who has had its contents knocked into him years ago.”
| − + | N. Y. Times. 12: 432. Jl. 6, ’07. 470w. |
“A most amusing little volume. Although it is nominally intended for the use of beginners, many who have had some experience of the hunting-field can learn from it; and if they are above learning, they cannot fail to be entertained by the anecdotes, recollections, and reflections which many seasons’ hunting has enabled the author to sprinkle through the pages.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 1036. Je. 29, ’07. 480w. |
* Thompson, Ralph Wardlaw. Griffith John, the story of fifty years in China. *$2. Armstrong.
7–15464.
“While the book sets forth the enthusiasm and optimism of a gifted missionary working under nineteenth-century conditions, its real value lies in the fact that it gives the evolution of mission methods under exterritorialty.”—Ind.
“The book is one of the best ever written for its frank portrayal of the ups and downs of a great missionary’s aggressive work and his boundless hope for China.”