Some sixteen chapters of this adventure story lead up thru school-boy escapades, crime, and mystery to the secret of Mortallone island in the bay of Honduras. The chart containing the plan of the island and affording the key to the spot of buried treasure after causing a deal of trouble falls into the hands of a little party who set sail from Falmouth in quest of the island and its hoard. Mr. Quiller-Couch has drawn with clever touches the spirit of unanimity which, with noticeable lack of greed, characterizes the treasure seekers.
“Written with unusual spirit and charm.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 107. Ap. ’07. ✠ | |
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 405. Ap. 6. 340w. |
“The author’s happy faculty for sketching eccentric types of character is exhibited at his best, and we thoroughly enjoy the quaint company that he provides for us.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 260w. |
“After you have laid down the book, no character, no dramatic situation remains in the memory—nothing but a general impression of misapplied and wasted cleverness.”
| − + | Ind. 62: 970. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w. |
“A curious and wholly impossible piece of fiction. Has many points of interest, but is very uneven on the whole.”
| − + | Lit. D. 34: 639. Ap. 20, ’07. 240w. |