Globe: "A clever and interesting book. Agreeable satire. Store of epigram."
Referee: "A new comic writer. There is a touch of the devilry of Heme in Mr. Zangwill's wit."
Scotsman: "Any one who has listened to what the wild waves say as they beat the snores of Bohemia will read the book with enjoyment and appreciate its careless merriment."
Freeman's Journal: "Very clever and amusing; highly interesting, humorous and instructive."
Pictorial World: "One of the smartest books of the season. Brimful of funny ideas, comically expressed."
Man of the World: "Witty to excess. To gentlemen who dine out, the book will furnish a stock of 'good things' upon every conceivable subject of conversation."
Granta: "A book of genuine humour. Full of amusing things. The style is fresh and original."
Newcastle Daily Chronicle: "Really clever and amusing; brimful of genuine humour and fun."
Yorkshire Herald: "A quaint, fresh, delightful piece of humour. Hood or Douglas Jerrold might have written the book."
Northern Daily News: "The reader must be very dyspeptic who cannot laugh consumedly at his funny conceits."