"The volume is most enjoyable."—Perthshire Advertiser.
"The volume consists of entertaining chapters written in a chatty style."—Daily Advertiser.
"A readable volume about authors and books.... Like Mr. Andrews's other works, the book shows wide out-of-the-way reading."—Glasgow Herald.
"Dull after-dinner speakers should be compelled to peruse this volume, and ornament their orations and per-orations with its gems."—Sunday Times.
"An entertaining volume.... No matter where the book is opened, the reader will find some amusing and instructive matter."—Dundee Advertiser.
"Readable and entertaining."—Notes and Queries.
"Mr. Andrews delights in the production of the pleasant, gossipy order of books. He is well qualified, indeed, to do so, for he is painstaking in the collection of interesting literary facts, methodical in setting them forth, and he loves books with genuine ardour."—Aberdeen Free Press.
"We heartily commend this volume to the attention of readers who are in any way interested in literature."—Scots Pictorial.
The Church Treasury of History, Custom, Folk-Lore, etc.