“Nor does it possess that intimate charm which has made a literary classic of more than one ingenuous personal narrative. There is little in these two volumes which can fail to interest the serious reader in one way or another.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 321. My. 20, ‘05. 1410w. |
“If he is not entirely without prejudice of egotism, he displays those qualities after the manner of great men.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w. |
“These volumes ... have a value for all his countrymen not surpassed by any American autobiography within our knowledge.” James M. Whiton.
| + + + | Outlook. 80: 132. My. 13, ‘05. 5600w. |
“Mr. White is an octogenarian, with a full life behind him, but two hundred pages would have been ample space for it.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 28. Jl. 1, ‘05. 160w. |
“It is eminently characteristic of its country of origin.”
| + + + | Spec. 95: 51. Ag. 8, ‘05. 740w. |