"A delightful little volume.... A book of no ordinary interest."—Presbyterian.
"The picture of a man of remarkable vigour and individuality of character."—Scotsman.
"A really readable little book, which should find a considerably wider public than that of the Shetland Islands."—Glasgow Herald.
"Mill was a man of mark in his day, and his life-story is simply and worthily told in this little volume."—Aberdeen Free Press.
"Glimpses of old-world life in these remote islands."—Scottish Pictorial.
"A perspicuous and complete sketch."—Dundee Advertiser.
"A little volume which is full of charm and interest."—John O'Groat Journal.
"The work is one of high literary ability, is of more than ordinary value for the light it throws on the religious and moral condition of the times it covers, and is specially interesting from the uniqueness of the character of Mr. Mill."—North British Daily Mail.
"A curious and interesting picture of old Shetland life."—Elgin Courant.
"Mr. Mill's idiosyncrasies furnish an unfailing source of amusement."—United Presbyterian Magazine.