“The author’s style is pleasant, though singularly familiar.”

+Ath. 1905, 1: 710. Je. 10. 1110w.

Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ +Critic. 47: 346. O. ‘05. 1180w.

“Good humor, good sense, good birth and breeding, an entire absence of airs and pretensions, these are among the qualities that commend him to the reader.”

+ +Dial. 39: 211. O. 1, ‘05. 390w.

“The volume is worth the attention of those who delight in the pleasant gossip of a genial and generous-hearted man of vast experience and wide information.”

+Ind. 59: 988. O. 26, ‘05. 240w.

“His book is like him, and it will therefore attract and give pleasure to a large number of readers.”

+ +Lond. Times. 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 1130w.
+Nation. 81: 220. S. 14, ‘05. 620w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 660w.