"We have received a pamphlet from a gentleman who thinks to prove that the earth is flat, but who succeeds only in showing that he is himself one."--New York Herald, Dec. 19, 1885. [The reviewer, in this case, is, no doubt, a very "sharp" man, but his honesty--if he have any at all--is jagged and worn out. The "quotations" which he gives are fraudulent, there being nothing like them in the pamphlet.] "The author of the pamphlet is no 'flat,' though he may perhaps be called a 'crank.'"--St. Catharines (Can.) Evening Jour., Dec. 23. "To say that the contents of the book are erudite and entertaining does not do Mr. Carpenter's astronomical ability half credit."--The Sunday Truth, Buffalo, Dec. 27, 1885. "The entire work is very ingeniously gotten up.... The matter of perspective is treated in a very clever manner, and the coming up of 'hull-down' vessels on the horizon is illustrated by several well-worded examples."--Buffalo Times, Dec. 28, 1885. "The erudite author, who travels armed with plans and specifications to fire at the skeptical at a moment's notice, feels that he is doing a good work, and that his hundred anti-globular conclusions must certainly knock the general belief in territorial rotundity out of time."... "We trust that the distinguished author who has failed to coax Richard Proctor into a public discussion may find as many citizens willing to invest two shillings in his peculiar literature as he deserves."--Buffalo Courier, Dec. 27, 1885, and Jan. 1, 1886. "It is a pleasure now to see a man of Mr. Carpenter's attainments fall into line and take up the cudgels against the theories of the scientists who have taught this pernicious doctrine [the sphericity of the earth]."--Rochester Morning Herald, Jan. 13, 1886. "As the game stands now, there is 'one horse' for Prof. Carpenter."--Buffalo World, Jan. 16, 1886. "It is interesting to show how much can be said in favor of the flat world theory.... It is fairly well written, although, we believe filled with misstatements of facts."--Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jan. 17, 1886. [We "believe" the editor cannot point one out.] "It is certainly worth twice the price, and will be read by all with peculiar interest."--Scranton Truth, March 8, 1886. "Mr. William Carpenter has come to Washington with a "hundred proofs that the earth is not a globe." He has a pamphlet on the subject which is ingenious, to say the least, and he is ominously eager to discuss the matter with any one who still clings to the absurd prejudices of the astronomers."--The Hatchet, May 9, 1886. "It contains some curious problems for solution, and the author boldly asserts that until they are solved the globular theory of the earth remains unproven, and is fallacious, &c."--The Presbyterian, Philadelphia, June 19, 1886. "His reasoning is, to say the least, plausible, and the book interesting."--The Item, Philadelphia, June 10, 1886.