“It is a book to endear to us our native England; and, produced
with all the elegance of the printer’s and binder’s art, will
richly adorn the drawing-room table.”—_Daily News._
“It is by far the pleasantest book, certainly the most complete
in design and execution, that has been published about the
Thames for many years, and we can easily understand that in
writing it the authors performed ‘a labour of love.’”—_Morning
Post._
“This is one of the best in appearance of the ornamental
works of the season which is just passed; the binding and the
typography are excellent, and the style lively, superficial,
and showy.”—_John Bull._
“A faithful as well as an agreeable guide to whatever of
interest occurs along the entire course of the river. In
short, it is a pleasant, well-written, and very handsome
book on the pleasantest river an author could have to write
about.”—_Literary Gazette._