The Dundee Advertiser says:--"Guy Boothby's famous creation of Dr. Nikola has become familiar to every reader of fiction."
The Sunday Special says:--"'My Indian Queen' shows Mr. Boothby at his best. A vivid story of adventure and daring, bearing all the characteristics of careful workmanship."
The Aberdeen Free Press says:--"It is marvellous that Mr. Boothby's novels should all be so uniformly good. The story is written in Mr. Boothby's best style, and is full of interest from start to finish."
The Scotsman says:--"Of absorbing interest. The exploits are described in an enthralling vein."
The Spectator says:--"'A Maker of Nations' enables us to understand Mr. Boothby's vogue. It has no lack of movement or incident."
The Daily Telegraph says:--"Mr. Guy Boothby's name on the title-page of a novel carries with it the assurance of a good story to follow. This sprightly imaginative writer's latest romance is a clever and fascinating narrative."
The Daily Telegraph says:--"A powerful and impressive romance. One of those tales of exciting adventure in the confection of which Mr. Boothby is not excelled by any novelist of the day."
The Scotsman says:--"This powerful novel is weird, wonderful, and soul-thrilling. There never was in this world so strange and wonderful a love story, and Mr. Boothby's admirers will probably agree that the most marvellous fiction he has ever produced is 'Pharos the Egyptian.'"
The British Weekly says:--"This stirring tale ranks next to 'Dr. Nikola' in the list of Mr. Boothby's novels. It is an excellent piece of workmanship, and we can heartily recommend it."
The Manchester Courier says:--"Few authors can depict action as brilliantly and resourcefully as the creator of 'Dr. Nikola.'"
The Daily Graphic says:--"Mr. Boothby gives place to no one in what might be called dramatic interest, so whoever wants dramatic interest let him read 'The Lust of Hate.'"
The Bristol Mercury says:--"Unquestionably the best work we have yet seen from the pen of Mr. Guy Boothby.... 'The Fascination of the King' is one of the books of the season."
The Scotsman says:--"One hairbreadth escape succeeds another with rapidity that scarce leaves the reader breathing space.... The interest of their experience is sufficient to stay criticism, and carry him through a story ingeniously invented and skilfully told."