“A welcome book for our libraries.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 565. Je. ‘05. 220w. |
“No portion of the book lacks interest for the curiously inclined, and it is admirably and graphically written.” Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 383. Je. 1, ‘05. 580w. |
“It is unfortunate that little reliance can be put on our author’s accuracy. With the pictures of society and trade in Mecca it is different; these are most lively in color and give every appearance of truth.”
| — + | Nation. 80: 319. Ap. 20, ‘05. 560w. |
“For an insight into the mind of the Oriental, and more particularly of the followers of the prophet, with the ceremonies of his faith, we know of nothing equal to the work under notice.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 165. Mr. 18, ‘05. 820w. |
“Every detail of the ‘pilgrim’s progress’ from his arrival at Jeddah is minutely set forth, and that with a force and local colour that increases one’s interest.”
| + + | Sat. R. 100: 315. S. 2, ‘05. 300w. |