+Nation. 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 150w.

“The fact is Mr. Lucas comes near being in his book exactly what one would like a well-informed and companionable fellow-traveler to be if one were seeing Holland with one’s own eyes.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 10: 725. O. 28, ‘05. 920w.

“In short the book is notable among books of travel and description for its readable qualities and discriminating and individual taste.”

+ + +Outlook. 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 120w.

[*] “A book of more than ordinary merit—a book with genuinely original qualities.”

+ +Pub. Opin. 39: 826. D. 23, ‘05. 150w.
*+R. of Rs. 32: 755. D. ‘05. 60w.

“As we might have expected from his record, he neither bores nor dogmatises but his book is full of information and not a little wise reflection.”

+ + —Sat. R. 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 370w.

“It is as a critic of character and manners and a chronicler of art that Mr. Lucas interprets his function as a guide.”