Page:Scented isles and coral gardens- Torres Straits, German New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies, by C.D. Mackellar, 1912.pdf/443

Rh .—“A most entertaining book, and be it said at once that, although a Scotchman, the author has a delightful sense of the humorous  is a staunch patriot, and always has the well-being of Britain at heart. A most entertaining and instructive book.”

.—“He has a keen eye for what is picturesque and interesting, and regards his surroundings from a perfectly detached point of view  quite a different outlook from that of the ‘professional’ traveller. The social life of the people, their religions, their amusements, their manners, their morals are all transferred to Mr. Mackellar’s pages, and the breezy and unconventional style in which he writes adds to the charm of his pictures. There is a wealth of solid information in his journal set down in such a way as to interest the general reader, for Mr. Mackellar never for a moment forgets to be entertaining, and therein lies the chiefest charm of his book.”