“The story is rich or tiresome in detail, according to taste, but is an exciting picture of conditions in war time on the water around Port Arthur.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 943. O. 17, ’07. 130w. |
“The book has evidently been written in a great hurry, not even time enough having been given to have the chapter headings all spelt correctly.”
| − + | Lit. D. 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 260w. |
“The author indulges himself in a diction so plentifully sprinkled with slang that it often becomes unintelligible to the reader accustomed to ordinary English. It is a story full of dogged perseverance and unbounded pluck, and it was well worth telling.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 299. My. 11, ’07. 500w. |
“On the whole the good ‘stuff’ ... far outweighs the bad. The story is a bit of real life; vivid, strong and picturesque. It remains to be recorded that the proof reading of the volume is unbelievably bad.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 257. Je. 1, ’07. 1830w. |
“Mr. Barry may always be counted upon for graphic power.”
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 765. Je. ’07. 60w. |