“Whether a book for young people should be built upon a grave political problem, the data for which are taken from one side only, is a matter for serious doubt. The story is full of pathos and is admirably told, with the same informing touches that we find in all Mr. Strang’s books.”
| + − | Sat. R. 102: sup. 5. D. 8, ’06. 230w. |
Strang, Herbert. [In Clive’s command: a story of the fight for India.] †$1.50. Bobbs.
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Many regard Herbert Strang as the one upon whom the mantle of Henty fell. This is “an absorbing story which takes the reader back to the capture of Gheria and the battle of Plassey, and, as a matter of course, chronicles the brave deeds of an English lad.” (Ath.)
“Better than Henty’s ‘With Clive in India’ both as to style and to historical setting.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 143. My. ’07. |
“Mr. Strang has imagination of a high order, which was singularly absent in Henty’s stories. He has been true to the historic demands while writing a story that palpitates with action and whose characters are real, live personalities, and not manikins, such as were Henty’s.”
| + | Arena. 36: 688. D. ’06. 230w. |