ROBERT CROMIE'S BOOKS
_OPINIONS OF THE PRESS_
A PLUNGE INTO SPACE
WITH PREFACE BY JULES VERNE
_Times._--The story is written with considerable liveliness, thescientific jargon is sufficiently perplexing, and the characters aresketched with some humour.
_Chronicle._--A strange, weird, mysterious story that holds the readerspell-bound, from the first page to the last.
_Athenaeum._--Mr. Cromie's Utopia is charming, and the quasi-scientificdetail of the expedition is given with so much integrity that we hardlywonder at the marvellous results accomplished.
_Truth._--A very clever description of a flight through space to Mars... the book is extremely interesting and suggestive; especially,perhaps, where it attacks the theories of Mr. George and "LookingBackwards."
_Court Journal._--Mr. Robert Cromie's remarkably clever and entertainingvolume is told with much of the vivid fancy of a Jules Verne--withremarkable picturesqueness, and the experiences of mortals in Mars aredescribed with considerable humour.
_Review of Reviews._--An unquestionably interesting story. Theadventures of the hero and his friends are in no small degree thrilling.
_Glasgow Herald._--The imagination is brilliant, the scientific detailsare skilfully worked in, the dialogues and descriptions are lively andinteresting, and the pictures of Martian life and scenery areremarkable--a decidedly clever book.
FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE
_Academy._--There is not a dull page in the story.
_Army and Navy Gazette._--A capital little story of military life, fullof bright word-painting.
_Literary World._--This exciting chapter in the history of the future iswritten with a great deal of enthusiasm, and a great deal of commonsense to boot.
_Irish Times._--The plot is well conceived, and the interest throughoutis well maintained.
_Belfast Northern Whig._--The author displays much constructive anddescriptive power. He is most felicitous in his word pictures ofscenery, and imparts a fascinating dash to his military scenes.
_Belfast Morning News._--Deeply interesting without being sensational,this charming story of love and war is sure to appeal with force to alarge circle of readers.
_Liverpool Daily Post._--A well-told story of life and love in troubloustimes in India.
IN SOUTHERN SEAS
WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH W. R. RINGLAND.
_Athenaeum._--A bright, compact, and highly readable narrative, full ofincidents, and illustrated with clever little vignettes.
_Newcastle Chronicle._--A really charming book--deeply interesting, andfull of capital drawings.
_Scotsman._--A very well-written narrative of a trip, and as such, aboutas good as it could be.
_Spectator._--A pleasant little book of travel.
_Leeds Mercury._--The author relies on vivid description, pointed andracy pictures, and lively and striking incident for interest.
_Saturday Review._--Brightly written, and yet more brightly illustrated.
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Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardised. [***] has been used to represent an inverted asterism.
Based on the text in the Preface and the concluding lines of the last chapter, the date in the sentence:
"If we fail to act before the 31st December, in the year 2000, he will proceed." (p. 151)
has been amended to the year 1900, bearing in mind the story takes place towards the end of the 19th century.
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