JOHN BULL says:
“A very entertaining book.... We have little but praise to give to his spirited narrative. He is never dull, and has given us a most graphic picture of his personal experiences when making the pilgrimage to Meccah.... His account of Meccah itself, and of the various pilgrims from different countries who there congregate, is full of interest.”
The GLOBE says:
“The book is full of interest.... The author must have mixed freely with the lower classes of Asiatics, either in Arabia or elsewhere, to be able to give such faithful descriptions of what passes among them when by themselves.... Eminently readable.”
The SUNDAY TIMES says:
“He tells his own story, and gives his own experiences, with graphic power. The book is full of interest.”
VANITY FAIR says:
“Mr. Keane’s account of the pilgrimage to Meccah, in the disguise of a Mohammedan, is both interesting and amusing.”
MANCHESTER POST says:
“The book is a remarkable one—unpretentious, yet absorbing, and crammed full of incidents which have never before been narrated.”