“Horror is piled upon horror a little clumsily, so that strength gives way at times to brute force, and brute force is never convincing. But the book is essentially one to read. It grips, and its grip is rough as a sailor’s grip may be.”
| + − | Acad. 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 170w. |
“A drama of real interest, strong in atmosphere, characterization, and first-hand observation.”
| + | Ath. 1906, 2: 362. S. 29. 350w. |
“A strong and unusual story.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 25: 182. Ap. ’07. 430w. |
“He has the rare gift of verbal dry-point which fixes a picture indelibly upon both memory and imagination.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 470. Mr. 23, ’07. 270w. |
“His drawings, which illustrate the book, give their messages better than his words. But the whole is rich, vivid, comprehensive, and like his picture of the lives and characters of his sailors, it has the sharp realization that comes of knowledge.”