“To the student of the problems of higher education in America, Dr. White’s ‘Autobiography,’ full as it is of matters of general interest, should prove especially interesting and important.” Clark S. Northup.
| + + | Educ. R. 30: 101. Je. ‘05. 1030w. |
“Altogether this is a full book, with something for everybody, putting one in touch on many sides with modern times; an adequate narrative of an exceptional career.”
| + + — | Ind. 59: 812. O. 5, ‘05. 1080w. |
“A better account of the founding of Cornell, of which he was so long the honored and successful head, has never been given, and perhaps in no other of his pages do we see so clearly the practical idealism, which, running throughout his life story like a golden thread, makes it so well worth the telling.”
| + + + | Lit. D. 31: 187. Ag. 5, ‘05. 630w. |
“Viewed as a narrative the book is excellent, and only needs more continuity; viewed as a collection of essays, it is naturally inadequate.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 149. My. 12, ‘05. 2680w. |
“By the side of the recent contributions of Hoar, Stillman, Newcomb, Dwight, Le Conte, Villard, and Conway, the autobiography of White will hold an honored place.”
| + + + | Nation. 80: 272. Ap. 6, ‘05. 2110w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 121. F. 25, ‘05. 180w. |