The Lost World and The Poison Belt

“It is a marvel of imaginary adventure which Mr. Doyle has achieved.”

New York World (1912)

“They who neglect to read it will have missed a highly entertaining flight of the Doyle imagination.”

New York Evening Sun (1912)

“The book strikes a fresh note in the literature of adventure.”

Chicago Record-Herald (1912)

“At once one of the most realistic and one of the most romantic of [Doyle's] books.”

The Living Age (1912)

“Highly adventurous and thrilling.”

Chicago Tribune (1912)

“The last word in the sensational. No less interesting than the feats of Sherlock Holmes.”

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times (1912)

“It is the original and real thing, a gem of the Jurassic epoch.”

Seattle Post Intelligencer (1912)

“Highly interesting adventure of a sort to stir the pulse and arouse the wonder of even the jaded novel reader.”

New York Times (1912)

“Easily one of the best stories of the year. It is filled to overflowing with interest, excitement, and humor.”

Baltimore Sun (1912)

“It is a book which excites the reader's imagination from the opening page, and Mr. Doyle's consummate descriptive art never found better use than in following the fortunes of his brave band of explorers into a country the like of which was never dreamed.”

Boston Globe (1912)

“To anyone who has had the delightful experience of traveling in The Lost World with Professor Challenger the bare announcement that that brilliant and eccentric personage plays a most important part in this new tale will quite suffice. For who, having once met the Professor, would not desire to continue the acquaintance?”

New York Times (1913)