“There is nothing extant in a Soldier’s Journal, which, with so little pretension, paints with such truth and raciness the ‘domestic economy’ of campaigning, and the downright business of handling the enemy.
“But we cannot follow further;—recommending every one of our readers to pursue the Author himself to his crowning scene of Waterloo, where they will find him as quaint and original as at his debut. We assure them, it is not possible, by isolated extracts, to give a suitable impression of the spirit and originality which never flag from beginning to end of Captain Kincaid’s volume; in every page of which he throws out flashes of native humour, a tithe of which would make the fortune of a Grub-street Bookmaker.”—United Service Journal.
“His book has one fault, the rarest fault in books, it is too short.”—Monthly Magazine, April.
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RANDOM SHOTS
FROM A RIFLEMAN.
“It is one of the most pithy, witty, soldier-like, and pleasant books in existence.”—United Service Journal.
“The present volume is to the full as pleasant, and what is still more strange, as original as the last. Criticism would become a sinecure if many such volumes were written: all left for us is to admire and recommend.”—New Monthly Magazine.
“The present volume is likely to add to his reputation. It is a useful appendix to the larger works of Napier and other military commentators. It is never dull, tedious, technical, or intricate.”—Times.
“Those who have read Captain Kincaid’s Adventures in the Rifle Brigade will seize this volume with avidity, and having dashed through it, will lay it down with only one feeling of regret—that it is not longer.”—News.