London Quarterly Review.—"The book is a real contribution to the true understanding of Polish character and Polish aspirations." (Rest of review analysis of matter.)
Tablet.—"This masterly critical appreciation of a great national literature. … This welcome work on the tragic story of the Polish people and on the glories of their great national literature is singularly happy in the opportuneness of its appearance. For however much other books may be neglected, there is naturally a great demand for books that offer any information on matters connected with the war. In most cases, no doubt, what is called war literature is scarcely literature in the strict sense of the word. But here, happily, we have a book of rare literary merit … and it comes before us when it meets a present need. … Miss Gardner, in this fascinating little book on Poland, enables English readers to understand the tragic story of the Polish people, their unbroken spiritual unity, and their undaunted hope in the future of their country." (Rest of review, two columns and a half, analysis of matter.)
Times.—"Miss Gardner is an instructed and cultivated student of Poland."
POLAND ("PEEPS AT MANY LANDS")
(Published 1917)
Daily Telegraph.—"To their popular series of travel books called 'Peeps at Many Lands' Messrs. Black have now added a volume on Poland, by Monica M. Gardner. The more we know of Poland and the Polish people the better our understanding of the causes of the war. … The book is as good reading as any fiction, and the most austere critic must admit its relevance to the task of 'getting on with the war.'"
Spectator.—"Young people should read Miss Monica Gardner's short and interesting book on Poland. … English readers know very little about the Poles, and this book deserves attention, for we cannot as a nation afford any longer to neglect Poland."
Common Cause.—"The little volume gives a most vivid and delightful picture of Poland as it was before the war, with its spacious steppes and wonderful forests, and it tells of the nation's struggle for freedom against overwhelming odds. The book deals largely with the manners and customs of the people in modern times, which the writer makes extremely interesting; but it tells also the main events in the history of the unfortunate kingdom from early days."
