| + + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 397. O. 5. 1620w. |
“The story is well told, with enthusiasm and admiration of the hero, but with self-repression, dignity, and a high degree of ability as a biographer.”
| + | Dial. 42: 345. Je. 1. ’07. 280w. |
“A tale at once moving and picturesque.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 251. Ap. 20, ’07. 1000w. |
“It is remarkable because it gives with great frankness, great impartiality, and an entire absence of bitterness of spirit, the views of both men respecting slavery, reconstruction, the political rights and duties of the negro, and the relations between the races.”
| + + | Outlook. 86: 76. My. 11. ’07. 280w. |
“The old story of the growth of the movement for abolition, and of Douglass’s concern with it, was well worthy of being told again. It is told in these pages simply, clearly and as fully as the limits of such a biography admitted—better told, one is inclined to say than in Douglass’s own version.” Montgomery Schuyler.
| + | Putnam’s. 3: 105. O. ’07. 290w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 635. My. ’07. 140w. |
“He has found an eminently worthy biographer.”