“The story is charmingly written, and deserves to be read for its brilliant open-air passages, and the portrait it contains of Grizzly Dick.”—Daily News.
“Mr. Bram Stoker has given the reading world one of the breeziest and most picturesque tales of life on the Pacific slope that has been penned for many a long day.”—Daily Telegraph.
“Mr. Stoker seems quite at home in picturing the wild beauty of Californian scenery.... ‘The Shoulder of Shasta’ is eminently fresh and readable.”—Globe.
“It is a capital story.”—Bristol Times and Mirror.
“The story is gracefully conceived, and wrought out with considerable skill.... A readable and entertaining work.”—Scotsman.
“ ‘The Shoulder of Shasta’ may fairly be classed among the books to be read and enjoyed.”—Yorkshire Post.
“A pleasant story of life in Western America.... Fresh and unconventional.”—Publishers’ Circular.
“Mr. Bram Stoker’s new book is a peculiarly bright and breezy story of Californian life.... There is nothing laboured in this description, no straining after undue effect.... The language is simple, yet the effect is always satisfying, and the word-picture is complete.”—Liverpool Daily Post.
“The narrative is entertaining throughout, with eloquent descriptions of scenery.”—Academy.
“Mr. Bram Stoker’s story is unflagging, full of vigour, and capital reading from end to end; moreover, it conveys a vivid picture of life and manners in a corner of the world better known to him than to the majority of those who will read his book.”—Standard.