_, Toronto:

"This is a most interesting book, written in a very popular style."

V.

Flotsam and Jetsam.

_SATURDAY REVIEW_, Eng.:

"Amusing and readable ... Among the successful books of this order
must be classed that which Mr. Bowles has recently offered to the
public."

_NEW YORK WORLD_:

"This series of reflections, some philosophic, others practical, and
many humorous, make a cheerful and healthful little volume, made the
more valuable by its index."

_CENTRAL METHODIST_, Cattlesburgh, Ky.

"This is a romance of the sea, and is one of the most readable and
enjoyable books of the season."

_LUTHERAN OBSERVER_, Phil.:

"The cargo on this wreck must have been above all estimate in value.
How much 'Jetsam' there may be we cannot tell, but what we have seen
is all 'Flotsam,' and will float and find its way in enriching
influence to a thousand hearts and homes."

_NEW YORK HERALD_:

"It is a clever book, full of quaint conceits and deep meditation.
There is plenty of entertaining and original thought, and 'Flotsam and
Jetsam' is indeed worth reading."

_CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE_, Nashville, Tenn.:

"Many of the author's comments are quite acute, and their personal
tone will give them an additional flavor."

_METHODIST RECORDER_, Pittsburgh, Pa.:

"In addition to the charming incidents related, it fairly sparkles
with fresh and original thoughts which cannot fail to interest and
profit."

_GOOD LITERATURE_, New York:

"... Never fails to amuse and interest, and it is one of the
pleasantest features of the book that one may open it at a venture and
be sure of finding something original and readable."

_HERALD AND PRESBYTER_, Cincinnati, Ohio:

"His manner of telling the story of his varied observations and
experiences, with his reflections accompanying, is so easy and
familiar, as to lend his pages a fascination which renders it almost
impossible to lay down the book until it is read to the end."

_NEW YORK LEDGER_:

"It is quite out of the usual method of books of travel, and will be
relished all the more by those who enjoy bits of quiet humor and
piquant sketches of men and things on a yachting journey."

_NEW YORK STAR_:

"Not too profound for entertainment, and yet pleasantly suggestive. A
volume of clever sayings."

_CHRISTIAN SECRETARY_, Hartford, Conn.:

"It is a book well worth reading,... full of thought."

_PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL_, Philadelphia:

"A racy, original, thoughtf