"The story is romantic and interesting enough to delight boys and girls alike, and the adventures with the Trauco people are as novel as they are thrilling."—Daily Graphic.
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RAYMI; or, Children of the Sun.
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"Of all the writers who may be described as belonging to the school of Rider Haggard, Mr. Clive Holland is the most original and the most successful. His 'Raymi' would do no discredit to Mr. Haggard himself. There is room for improvement in the style, but that will come with use. What is of more importance in a new (and presumably young) writer is that he should have the root of the matter in him; and in all the essentials for a good story—character, 'go,' and incidents—Mr. Holland manifests great facility. Hugh Carton, the hero, is put through some sad and dramatic experiences, and not the least enthralling of these is his encounter with Richard Savill, the buccaneer. It is under the most extraordinary circumstances that Hugh makes his acquaintance. Savill is vigorously drawn, so that one is able to realise the man as he was in his habit. Another part of the volume which contains several graphic passages is that devoted to a description of the Children of the Sun, with their rites and customs. Mr. Holland has written a previous romance, with which we are not acquainted, but his present venture certainly warrants the expectation of good work from him in the future."—Daily Chronicle.
"This is a good story—a mixture of the real and the romantic. Both elements are well worked out: the real is so like to Nature, that we are ready to think that the marvellous is not so very remote from it."—Spectator.