“Will appeal to a large number of readers.”--_Morning Post._ “Mr. CALVERT is to be congratulated.”--_Standard._ “A very readable and pleasant account of one of the greatest writers of all time.”--_Morning Leader._ “We recommend the book to all those to whom Cervantes is more than a mere name.”--_Westminster Gazette._ “A timely production ... written in a straightforward, unaffected style ... supplies sufficient data to form a useful and readable narrative.”--_Globe._ “The illustrations include ... a fascinating collection of title-pages and illustrations from the various editions of _Don Quixote_.”--_Star._ “Nothing could be more useful than this careful and authoritative book.”--_Vanity Fair._ “Is made trebly interesting by the very complete set of Cervantes’ portraits it contains.”--_Black and White._ “Nothing better could be desired.”--_Literary World._ “It is very well written ... a really capital and most interesting little book.”--_Queen._ “Thoroughly interesting and readable ... contains a wealth of information which should be greatly appreciated by all lovers of the chivalrous knight.”--_Dublin Express._ “A most interesting resumé of all the facts up to the present time known.”--_El Nervion_ (Bilbao). “A complete and conscientious study.... The most notable work dedicated to the immortal author of _Don Quixote_ that has been published in England.”--_El Graduador_ (Alicante). “An excellent little volume.”--_Graphic._ “A well-written book ... specially valuable for the collection of the proverbs of Cervantes.”--_Christian Leader._ “Terse and brief.... The work of an enthusiast who does not surrender his critical position, a careful historian, whose living interest in life is not stifled by his absorption in detail.”--_Christian World._ “Those who have been interested in Cervantes ... could not do better than get it.”--_Society Pictorial._ “A very timely little volume ... full of information and of convenient compass.”--_Onlooker._ “A handy, compendious life.”--_Rapid Review._ “Mr. CALVERT, who is an appreciative writer, has condensed his subject-matter, and given it an accurate, concise, and readable form.”--_Hampstead Express._ “Not the least interesting part of the volume consists of the illustrations.”--_Glasgow Herald._ “There is room at the present moment for this very readable account.”--_Dundee Advertiser._ “Can be heartily recommended to all who want to know something of the life of Cervantes.”--_Nottingham Express._ “Mr. CALVERT is entitled to the gratitude of book lovers for his industrious devotion at one of the greatest literary shrines.”--_Birmingham Post._ “More than a biographical account ... the figure of Cervantes receives such a setting as only a man of letters and a scholar could give it.”--_Bristol Mercury._ “Most excellent and attractive ... written with fulness of knowledge and refined appreciation of the merits of Spain’s greatest romancer.”--_Yorkshire Daily Post._