A young English doctor tells the story of his experiences on the yacht of a German prince. The prince, accompanied by his sister, is eloping with a French actress; they all bear assumed names, but the crew discover the truth, realize that there is great treasure stored in the hold, and mutiny, bloodshed and murder follow. The whole account is exciting, but hardly cheerful, save for the love story of the doctor and the princess.
“The thing is done with such an air of assurance, the characters are so carefully developed and sustained, that we accept it all, in a spirit of meek credulity, and even after a period of sober second thought admit that it is one of the best sustained stories of rattling adventure that has appeared in many a month.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + + | Bookm. 21: 184. Ap. ‘05. 370w. |
“This is a very stirring story, and is almost as good as Robert Louis Stevenson could have made it.” William Morton Payne.
| + + | Dial. 38: 388. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w. |
“Has skilfully combined all the ingredients that go to make what boys pronounce a ‘rattling good story.’”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 240w. |
“For literary qualities it is vastly inferior to Mr. Watson’s ‘Galloping Dick,’ but as a lively story of action it is exciting even if improbable.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 253. Mr. 11, ‘05. 60w. |
“It is ridiculous, impossible, and altogether unallied to anything that any of us is acquainted with in this severely practical world; probably it is for that reason that it is so absorbedly interesting for a quiet evening.”