“It is the fine tone, the genial atmosphere, the rich suggestiveness, of Mr. Harrison’s writings that attract the reader and win him over to the cause of good literature.”
| + | Dial. 41: 212. O. 1, ’06. 140w. |
“But the papers are not all of equal value and interest. He presents them ‘as permanent impressions left on his mind by a somewhat wide experience.’ Some of these permanent impressions will appear to many readers to be not much more than rather violent and persistent prejudices.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 5: 342. O. 12, ’06. 1080w. |
“The personal note is dominant throughout Mr. Harrison’s book, which leaves us with a sense of friendly and close acquaintance with a writer in whom seriousness of purpose, firm convictions, broad culture, and generous sympathies combine with the thinker’s love of truth, the artist’s love of beauty, and a keen zest for the joys of living.” Horatio S. Krans.
| + + | Outlook. 84: 1076. D. 29, ’06. 930w. |
“If they are not marked by the quality which we call ‘artistic’ or ‘literary’ they at least express a freshness and alertness by no means common in men of letters who have passed their prime of years.” H. W. Boynton.
| + | Putnam’s. 1: 632. F. ’07. 780w. |
“About the bulk of [these papers] the most we can say is that unless one has an exaggerated opinion of the significance of Mr. Harrison’s personality, their interest expired with their occasion.”
| − + | Sat. R. 103: sup. 2. F. 23, ’07. 750w. |