"The whole work is excellent, and, we cannot doubt, will be welcomed in a wider area than the northern islands in which Mr. Mill spent his life."—Banffshire Journal.
"A very interesting biography, which has already and deservedly attracted a good deal of attention."—Northern Ensign.
"We commend the perusal of the volume to all those in any way interested in Scotland and her past."—Liverpool Daily Post.
"We can recommend the book as interesting to many more than Shetland readers."—Life and Work.
"One can see what a romance Stevenson could have constructed out of Mill's diary, which seems incredibly old-fashioned and primitive."—Sketch.
"A most interesting and readable volume, containing many quaint and curious pictures of Shetland life and manners during last century."—Orkney Herald.
"Mr. Willcock has done well to provide this record of a man so memorable."—United Presbyterian Record.
"There is a great deal that is interesting in this book.... Mr. Willcock has done his work well, and we feel indebted to him for making us acquainted with a character which ought not to be forgotten."—Free Church Monthly.
"Mr. Mill stands out as quite a remarkable man. Though the volume will have a special interest to the people of the Shetland Isles, it will be read with much interest on the mainland."—Perthshire Advertiser.
"A succinct and readable account of Mill's life.... Nothing essential has been omitted, and nothing unnecessary has been retained.... The volume furnishes interesting reading from beginning to end."—Shetland News.