“We feel the throb of the kindest heart in the world beating for the helpless, whether brute or human, in this book, as in its long line of predecessors.”
| + | Ind. 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 170w. |
“The tale will interest both children and grown-ups.”
| + | Nation. 85: 519. D. 5, ’07. 90w. |
“A short story in a rare vein of the author. Tenderness and swift, unexpected pathos make it notable.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 40w. |
“Combining some of the best flavor of Mark Twain’s peculiar humor with sentiment borrowed partly from standard nursery literature and partly from the tracts of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 742. N. 23, ’07. 230w. |
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.). King Leopold’s soliloquy: a defense of his Congo rule. 25c. P. R. Warren co., Boston.