_PUNCH._—‘Dr. Conan Doyle has well named his verse “Songs of Action.”
It pulsates with life and movement, whether the scenes be laid on sea
or land, on ship or on horseback.’
_WORLD._—‘Dr. Conan Doyle has the gift of writing good rattling songs
with all the swing of Rudyard Kipling.... His songs are full of high
spirits and "go".’
Mr. QUILLER COUCH in the _SPEAKER_.—‘You may like them or not; you may
think they were as easy to write as they are hard to get out of your
memory; I make bold to promise that you will find it difficult to shut
your memory upon them.’
_PALL MALL GAZETTE._—‘We congratulate Dr. Doyle on a volume that will
add to his reputation.’
_ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS._—‘Some of the most stirring rhymes of this
age of new-awakened “Imperialism.” Two little pieces in particular,
“The Song of the Bow,” and “A Ballad of the Ranks,” deserve to become
classics of their kind.’
_WESTMINSTER GAZETTE._—‘Dr. Conan Doyle’s songs are happily named. They
are full of movement, and are for the most part moving. Especially
full-blooded and buoyant are the hunting songs.’
_BOOKMAN._—‘There is no question but that, if Mr. Kipling be first
favourite with the soldiers, Mr. Doyle should be their Laureate’s
lieutenant, and that huntsmen and golfers should have his songs in
their hearts and upon their lips.’
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