+ – Acad. 70: 359. Ap. 14, ’06. 350w.
“Lacks only the art of the finished craftsman to make of it a veritable epic of the sea.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 387. Mr. 31. 200w. Lit. D. 33: 157. Ag. 4, ’06. 260w.
“Mr. Lubbock is a descriptive writer with little skill in the arts of construction and arrangement. The plot, or groundwork of his book, is slight and conventional.”
– Lond. Times. 5: 116. Mr. 30, ’06. 400w. N. Y. Times. 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“The thing has all the elements proper to a sea story of the old school. And it is not bad of its kind.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 439. Jl. 7, ’06. 520w.
“Unwholesome and uncomfortable novel. Vulgarity and cheap melodrama run riot.”
– – Outlook. 83: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 50w.
“It is a spirited, interesting romance. But we should like that glossary.”