"The book contains a vast amount of information useful to the emigrant, and it is written in a pleasant, chatty style. The descriptions of the varied scenery, the character sketches of the settlers, and the laughable incidents recounted, give an additional pleasure to the volume, which is enriched by several illustrations of Oregon scenery."
"Mr. Nash has just written for the benefit of his old friends and neighbors in England a little book relating his observations and experiences during his first two years of frontier life. It contains much interesting information about Oregon and its people, and coming from a disinterested source will be especially acceptable to those contemplating removal to that State."
_From the Columbus Dispatch_ (_Wisconsin_).
"It is a compendium of information, and will be an addition to any library."
"Mr. Nash writes especially for the benefit of emigrants and intending settlers, but the book will have an interest for all readers who like to trace the developments of social and political institutions in a swiftly growing State. The author writes with enthusiasm, but frankly and sometimes critically; and he has collected a good deal of valuable information, which, together with the results of his own experience, he presents in an animated and pleasant manner."
"To read the book is like making a trip to Oregon without the tediousness and expense of the journey."
"The reader instinctively feels that here is a careful, temperate guide, who can be absolutely trusted."
_From the Springfield Union_ _(Massachusetts_).
"It is a description of the country and of life in Oregon that is worth reading by anybody who may for any reason be interested in the subject."
_From the San José Mercury_ (_California_).
"A highly interesting and instructive volume, marked by fairness of statement and honesty of opinion."
_From the Omaha Republican_ (_Nebraska_).
"Mr. Nash has written a most interesting volume. His powers of description are simply magnificent, and, with such an expansive theme before him, he has wrought out a book that will no doubt have ready sale, and do a great measure of good in placing the advantages of Oregon most entertainingly before a large and choice number of readers."