New York Times Saturday Review.—‘The new illustrated edition of “The Golden Age” is published now because the ordinary half-tone process applied to Maxfield Parrish’s charming drawings, when the book was first illustrated, did not do justice to the artist’s work. The original drawings, which had been sold to many purchasers, were hunted up, and they have here been reproduced by photogravure. No artist ever caught the spirit of an author more surely than Maxfield Parrish has caught that of the staid Secretary of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, who in his leisure hours writes these exquisite memories of childhood.’

Chicago Evening Post.—‘One of the most exquisite pieces of illustration that has been done in America for some time. A more felicitous expression of the spirit of Mr. Grahame’s classic could not be conceived. In this case it is difficult to say, if indeed it were not invidious to say, which were the more charming, the more lasting in subtle beauty,—the work of brush or pen. Together they have made a gem for any library.’

New York Evening Post.—‘The publisher, at no little expense and labor, has sought out the original pictures. The result is delightful.’

Brooklyn Daily Eagle.—‘Decidedly it was a good thought, this new edition.’

Boston Evening Transcript.—‘In point of attractiveness and beauty this new edition stands by itself.’

Dial.—‘One of the most delightful holiday books of a season or two ago was the edition of Mr. Kenneth Grahame’s “The Golden Age,” with illustrations by Mr. Maxfield Parrish. Even more delightful is the companion volume now issued containing the same author’s “Dream Days.” It is hardly necessary to speak of Mr. Grahame’s text. His two books hold a place apart in the literature of childhood, and we can well envy the reader who has yet to make their acquaintance.’

Dr. Guy Carleton Lee, Baltimore Sun.—‘Very few more delightful books than “Dream Days” have ever seen the light. If we were forced to make out a list of the works of literature published during the last two decades, that are, in our judgment, likely to be alive two decades hence, in the very brief list we should certainly include “Dream Days.”’

Churchman.—‘To put yourself in a child’s place, to think a boy’s thoughts about the happenings of everyday life, is a rare quality in any writer. Still more rare is it, perhaps, to dream the child’s dreams in literary form, to preserve the evanescent glow of juvenile fancy. In that art, as it seems to us, Kenneth Grahame has no present rival.’

Boston Evening Transcript.—‘Hardly since Robert Louis Stevenson’s “A Child’s Garden of Verses” have we had such imaginative presentation of the juvenile point of view.’

Brooklyn Eagle.—‘Mr. Grahame is one of those wizards whose magic has created pictures of childlife exquisite in humour, quaint in fancy, subtle in charm. In Mr. Maxfield Parrish the author has an ideal illustrator.’

New York Tribune.—‘Mr. Parrish is one of the most original and effective draughtsmen that we have, and in this series of illustrations he is at his best. A more exquisitely decorated Christmas book than this it has not been our fortune to see.’

Academy.—‘Rarely does one meet with an author whose wit is so apt, whose touches of sentiment are so genuine. His paper on tobacco is good reading, though one remembers Calverley and the Arcadian mixture; the eulogy on the loafer is second only to Mr. Stevenson’s praise of “The Idler.” There is too a distinct flavour of poetry in much of Mr. Grahame’s works. One could have wished “White Poppies” had been written in verse, were not the prose of it so delicate and adequate.’

Daily Chronicle.—‘Mr. Kenneth Grahame’s accomplishment is astounding.... His style is a delight, so high is its vitality, or cool its colours, so nimble and various its rhythms. He has read and assimilated Browne Burton. He has a pretty poetic fancy and is apt at a quaint analogy. Many forms of beauty—existent and non-existent—he loves with a deep and discriminating love.’

Bookman.—‘Mr. Grahame’s cleverness does not forsake him when he attempts satire. “The Headswoman” is a pretty bit of foolery.’

Literary World.—‘A delightful little tale with a tinge of satire in it. For gracefulness of style and charm in the telling of a story it is in the front rank, and that is saying a great deal.’

Dundee Advertiser.—‘Humour is not dead amongst us, for Kenneth Grahame’s witty little romance of “The Headswoman” brims over with it.’

Mr. W. L. Courtney in Daily Telegraph.—‘Well we are more than a trifle dull, nous autres; and we should be grateful to Mr. Kenneth Grahame for throwing in a story or two of his own, as often as he can. Happy Mr. Grahame, who can weave romances as well.’

Scotsman.—‘Mr. Grahame has written a most charming book, which cannot fail to delight all who were once children.’