THE TIMES:
“A book which is singularly attractive and ‘African’ all over. . . . His narrative is essentially the story of three years’ soldiering in Central Africa by a lover of the wild, a traveller in many lands, a naturalist and sportsman.”
THE SPECTATOR:
“Captain Buchanan’s valuable book. . . . It is of great human interest as a record of the admirable work done by the author’s battalion.”
NAVAL AND MILITARY RECORD:
“Wonderfully interesting—the author gives thrilling accounts of the fighting, but the story is more that of a man possessing the spirit of adventure, an explorer of the wild, a lover of nature, and a sportsman.”
THE EVENING STANDARD:
“One emerges with a profound admiration of the man and his work, both with sword and pen. His equipment is so complete. A thorough soldier, one that sticks it out through exhaustion and disease till the body refuses any longer to obey the indomitable will; a gifted leader; a big game hunter, whose hunting is inspired by a love of natural history that comes out in his study of birds; a traveller with a keen eye for the picturesque in nature and man; and, to cap all, a thinker, and one of those wise thinkers who translate their theories of life into consistent action.”
ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE:
“The author gives us an admirable idea of the country . . . a valuable contribution to the literature of the campaign, and incidentally provides a fine record of the work of the splendid corps to which he belonged.”