"[U]nlike any other tale I can recall. It is not only a good story; it has a charm beyond that. The spirit of the open air is in it, the freshness and poetry of Nature." - Forrest Reid "The story has many delicious moments." - The Guardian "Rich in exciting and imaginative incidents ... the most enticing romance I have read for a long time ... a good book, and an exceptionally pleasant one." - Northern Whig and Belfast Post "It is brilliant, for in over 200 pages the author carries on the situation without seeming to be telling anything that he has not actually seen.... H.G. Wells ... is nowhere its equal. It is a strange and satisfying book." - Dublin Review "An original and graceful novel ... has a salty freshness, a shining of youth." - John O"London"s "Will my poor book ever be read by anyone? It is about a dragon and a sea serpent, and a kind of prehistoric dog and an old man and a boy and a priest. I sent it to a publisher last July...