World: "... The tone of the story is excellent; manly and spirited, it cannot fail to rouse a response in a boy's heart."
Financial News: "As a writer of stirring stories the author of the famous Tom Burnaby stands in the front rank of those who devote their talents to the edification of the rising generation."
School Government Chronicle: "Mr. Herbert Strang understands the taste and temper of the British public-school boy."
Liverpool Mercury: "The record of his career deserved to be bound in leather and blocked on all sides with gold."
Dundee Advertiser: "... as good as the plot is the way in which the author conveys a living impression of the region and its inhabitants."
Glasgow Evening News: "... a masterpiece in the Henty manner."
Englishman (Calcutta): "It is a book that every wholesome-minded boy will revel in, for it is alive with action and picturesque adventure."