St. James’s Gazette: “Some exceedingly clever fooling, and a happy audacity of whimsical invention.”
Daily Graphic: “A genuine humourist. We own to having laughed heartily, and appreciated the cleverness and the cynicism.”
Star: “Mr. Zangwill has an original way of being funny. He is full of clever and witty, paradoxical and epigrammatical, surprises. His book is a splendid tonic for gloomy spirits.”
Evening News: “Not one in a score of the amusing books which come from the press is nearly so amusing as this.”
Sunday Times: “Read, laugh over, and profit by the history of ‘The Bachelors’ Club,’ capitally told by a fresh young writer.”
Globe: “A clever and interesting book. Agreeable satire. Store of epigram.”
Referee: “A new comic writer. There is a touch of the devilry of Heine in Mr. Zangwill’s wit.”
Scotsman: “Any one who has listened to what the wild waves say as they beat the shores of Bohemia will read the book with enjoyment and appreciate its careless merriment.”
Freeman’s Journal: “Very clever and amusing; highly interesting, humorous and instructive.”
Pictorial World: “One of the smartest books of the season. Brimful of funny ideas, comically expressed.”