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.―"A Book of the Day" &hellip; "We journey with Mr. Mackellar with pleasure &hellip; we must read between the lines in this book if we are to get from its full value. Then we shall find it instructive and moving to the imagination."

.―" an interesting, vivacious, and incidentally instructive book. &hellip; Mr. Mackellar's opinions on more serious matters are based upon shrewd observations of facts."

.― &hellip; "this goodly volume (which has the additional advantage of being admirably equipped with illustrations) &hellip; a great deal to tell &hellip; which is both novel and striking &hellip; his observation has always individuality, and he certainly does not hesitate to speak of the world as he finds it &hellip; he writes with great vigour and spirit of the deserted temples and palaces of the Incas &hellip; has clearly the proper spirit of the intellectual traveller &hellip; it deserves cordial recognition as an obviously sincere record of a vigorous attempt to see new countries with the veil of illusion removed."

.― &hellip; "as to the things of which he writes, their name is legion. From his leaving the shores of old England, to his calling at Lisbon on the return journey, there is hardly a thing, great and small alike, that escapes his notice &hellip; the letters from the Republics are capital reading. &hellip; Altogether Mr. Mackellar is an interesting and observant cicerone, whose deductions are often pointedly deserving of consideration."

.―..." the lively and readable record &hellip; the trials and difficulties &hellip; encountered were certainly numerous enough, and many of them would seem to have been overcome only by a pluck and determination which not every one can command. &hellip; He certainly supplies much valuable information as to the present state of the countries he visited, and his book may be recommended alike to those who enjoy travel and adventure as well as to those who are anxious to learn something about the resources which are only waiting for labour and capital to develop them.".

.―"A seeing eye and a thinking mind, based on a knowledge of history and affairs, and his letters make very interesting reading." 349