“He sings his song of love and war so charmingly, and with such sympathy and intuitive understanding, that it seems ungenerous to complain that his book is not what its title implies. Let us confess that we speedily forgot our sense of disappointment in the glamour of his pages.”
| + − | Acad. 71: 630. D. 22, ’06. 850w. | |
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 9. Ja. ’07. S. |
“Is intended to be suggestive and picturesque, and succeeds thoroughly in this aim. We commend it strongly to those who visit Ireland with leisure and in earnest, and are not satisfied with following beaten tracks and hearing stale jokes.”
| + | Ath. 1906, 2: 685. D. 1. 1110w. |
“It is a book that will appeal to Irishmen in particular and to travellers and lovers of antiquity in general.”
| + | Canadian M. 28: 399. F. ’07. 260w. | |
| Dial. 43: 20. Jl. 1, ’07. 310w. |
“How he has managed to pack, in a volume of a little over 400 pages, so many delightfully told legends and historic incidents, which give to every landscape a sort of moral personality, is Mr. Gwynn’s secret.”
| + + | Ind. 62: 1355. Je. 6, ’07. 320w. | |
| + | Lit. D. 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 230w. |
“There is, however, one drawback to the legends told by Mr. Gwynn. The orthography of the names of the heroes, and even of the heroines, is repulsive, and will always be an obstacle to the wide, acceptance of these historical, semi-historical, and mythical romances.”