| + — | Bookm. 22: 135. O. ‘05. 550w. |
“We should be grateful to Mr. Lyle for having given in this novel a new and adequate setting for the American hero of love and war.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 930. O. 19, ‘05. 860w. |
“Yet, dramatic, picturesque, brilliant in attack and technique as the book undoubtedly is, the interest in it is largely spectacular.”
| + | Lit. D. 31: 586. O. 21, ‘05. 510w. |
“It is crude enough in certain details, but its reading leaves no doubt as to the fact that Mr. Lyle possesses extraordinary vision and power to communicate what his imagination sees.” L. L.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 880w. |
[*] “Admirably fresh and lively tale.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 160w. |
“The history is accurate, but unimportant; the romance is of vast importance and fairly accurate.”