“The point of view is that of a cultivated man of the world who is able to set his impressions down in excellent English, and the result is thoroughly readable.” Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 382. Je. 1, 05. 840w. |
“The book is both trivial and ordinary, pictures and all. Those who like the commonplace may enjoy this book.”
| — — + | Nation. 80: 459. Je. 8, ‘05. 280w. |
“A book written in terse and epigrammatic style, as full of cleverness as anything written by Kipling, and intensely interesting. But there is nothing deeper in the book than first impressions. It is the best book of travel that has been written for years.” T. H. H.
| + + + | Nature. 71: 553. Ap. 13, ‘05. 1470w. |
“He has at times a very pretty knack of description.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 277. Ap. 29, ‘05. 990w. |
“... So vivid are the pictures which the traveller draws for us, so penetrating his criticism of life and manners. It is the chapters on Japan that we find the most interesting part of a highly interesting book. We have to thank Sir Frederick Treves for a quite admirable volume of travel.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 442. Mr. 25. ‘05. 1970w. |