“The ‘diary,’ which was demonstrably written after the facts which it forsees with remarkable clearness, makes vivacious reading, and there are bits in it of the traditional Japan of fine pottery and miniature gardening which are distinctly charming.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 416. My. 2, ’07. 230w. |
“Perhaps no book has as yet described the Russian prisoner’s life in Japan so graphically and so entertainingly as this book. The thought it sets forth is distinctly masculine, thinly guised in feminine expression. Is it too hasty to suspect that it was really written by some war correspondent, perhaps an American?” K. K. Kawakami.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 266. Ap. 27, ’07. 1560w. |
“The picture is one full of human interest of a varied range.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w. |
“It holds a tremendous human interest.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 300. Je. 8, ’07. 280w. |
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