=Western Daily Press.=—“A very praiseworthy attempt, and by a writer imbued with a fervent esteem for his subject. . . . This valuation of the work of our most virile Empire author should hold the attention of those who have well studied the subject and can appreciate accordingly.”
=Sun.=—“The author has carefully compiled a lot of most interesting matter, which he has edited with care and conscientiousness, and the result is a volume which every lover of Kipling can read with pleasure.”
=Spectator.=—“It is very readable. It tells us some things which we might not otherwise have known, and puts together in a convenient form many things which are of common knowledge.”
=Outlook.=—“Something more than an attempt at appreciation. . . . Mr Monkshood has written what all the young men at home and abroad who treasure Mr Kipling’s writings think, but have not expressed. The volume is a striking testimony to the hold which work that is clean and sane and virile has upon the rising generation. And for this we cannot be sufficiently thankful.”
=Globe.=—“It has at the basis both knowledge and enthusiasm—knowledge of the works estimated and enthusiasm for them. . . . This book may be accepted as a generous exposition of Mr Kipling’s merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will have many interested and approving readers.”
=Irish Times.=—“A well-thought-out and earnest appreciation of the great writer and his works.”
=Academy.=—“The book should give its subject pleasure, for Mr Monkshood is very keen and cordial. His criticisms have some shrewdness too. Here is a passage . . .” (Long quotation follows.)
=Sunday Times.=—“Sure to attract much attention. In it we are given a sketch of Mr Kipling’s career and the story of his various works, along with some sane and balanced criticism. . . . The book is written brightly, thoughtfully, and informingly.”
=Bookseller.=—“It is acute in perception, and sympathetic to the verge of worship, with just as much criticism as will allow that the hero has his limitations. . . . Mr Monkshood’s well-informed and well-written critique possesses undoubted ability and attraction.”
=Yorkshire Herald.=—“This work, which is highly appreciative, will be received with enthusiasm. . . . From this point the biography becomes even more interesting. . . . The author deals at length with Kipling’s works, and with sufficient forcefulness and originality to hold the reader’s attention throughout. The biography has undoubted merit and will be largely read.”