Manchester Examiner. " This delightful volume. . . . 

 One of the brightest and pleasantest books which has come into 

 our hands for many a long day." 



St. James's Gazette. "That eminently readable little 

 book" 



Houghton's Literary Bulletin (Boston, Z7,S.)." One of 

 the freshest and most engaging books of travel." 



Harper's Magazine. "A small book on a big subject. . . 

 Easily, brightly written, with equal refinement and absence of 

 pretension, and flavoured with the humour of the ' Days in 

 Dovedale,' the author's story of his long journey is thoroughly 

 pleasant to read." 



Le Temps (Paris), March 8. "Void un charmant petit 

 livre. . . . L'histoire, on le voit, est toute simple. Elle a le 

 rare me"rite d'etre vraie, d'etre actuelle, et toute chaude encore. 

 . . . Les Lettres de Frank refletent ses illusions, ses luttes, ses 

 espoirs. On les lit avec la sympathie qu'inspirent invincible- 

 ment la jeunesse, le courage, et la bonne humeur. . . . Tout 

 cela donne un livre ravissant ! Mieux que ravissant : un livre 

 utile et d'ou decoule naturellement la moralite la plus haute." 



Daily Chronicle. " Fathers and sons will find much to in- 

 struct and enlighten them in this sympathetic record of the 

 author's experiences with ' a peculiar youth ' who preferred the 

 free life of the prairies to the routine work of city business." 



Lloyd's Weekly. "The book is practically instructive, as 

 well as quietly amusing." 



Sporting and Dramatic. " It is not, of course, every 

 young man who emigrates that has so much courage and 

 adaptability as Frank, or every father that comes to the rescue 

 so patiently, but both classes may read this simple, often quaint 

 narrative with the greatest advantage. It will destroy much 

 dangerous sentiment and bring the practical side uppermost." 



The New York Nation. "The attraction of this little 

 book is due to its great simplicity and directness. . . . ' Frank ' 

 had a hard time of it, and his endurance, resolution, and the 

 buoyancy of his hopes in the most dismal circumstances stand 

 out in his free and straightforward narrative with delightful un- 

 consciousness. So fresh a nature is not often met with in books, 

 and in this is the charm of the whole. . . . The second portion 

 consists of the account of the father's journey to see his son. . . . 

 These sketches are interesting light reading, and breathe a spirit 

 of appreciation for things American which is at once spontaneous 

 and unbroken, and in an Englishman of sixty years is marvel- 

 lous." 



