| + | Nation. 80: 312. Ap. 20, ‘05. 100w. |
“The shrewdness and pointed humor of the different characters are revealed with a keenness and delicacy of touch that show long, personal acquaintance among these people.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 284. Ap. 29, ‘05. 340w. |
“Surprisingly even in their interest and freshness. Mr. Robinson’s stories bring back old Vermont days and show us typical village and country people in all their native ruggedness, kindliness, and neighborly qualities.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 708. Mr. 18. ‘05. 150w. |
Rodd, Sir James Rennell. Sir Walter Raleigh. 75c. Macmillan.
“To Englishmen of to-day,” Sir Walter Raleigh “represents the genesis of British imperialism in the modern sense. To Americans, he stands for that sixteenth-century daring and love of adventure to which the English colonies in the new world owed their existence. The sketch of Raleigh ... is a well written account of a career that was full of dramatic incident.”—R. of Rs.
“Sir Rennell Rodd has a sure grasp of his documents and has used them with much skill.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 483. Je. 15, ‘05. 530w. |
“He has done his best as far as study goes, toward the solution of many mysterious actions on the part of the gallant Englishman. Sir Rennell Rodd’s record of social life during the two decades of the reign of Queen Elizabeth gives a clear insight into actual conditions.”