| + + | Acad. 68: 172. F. 25, ‘05. 320w. |
“There is much idealization rather than a precise report, and the result is an impression even more veritable than the others have been able to convey, notwithstanding a certain sense of the fiction that is truer than mere fact.” Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 417. Je. 16, ‘05. 890w. |
“On its face a collection of detached recitals, many of them thrilling, but not incredible, this volume, when carefully read, reveals more than tales of adventure. The anonymous writer is clearly distrustful and unsympathetic, but he tries to be impartial.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 204. S. 7, ‘05. 1480w. |
“On the whole, it is a book of blood-stirring reading—a sort of prose glory song of the wonderful little yellow man.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 550w. |
“Remarkable for their vividness and intensity.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 1062. Ap. 29, ‘05. 280w. |
“It is quite likely that this fiction is a truer picture in spirit of the Japanese than much of the fact we have been fed on.”