Synopsis: "One of the most ingenious stories of adventure we have read this season ... The subtitle ... prepares us imperfectly for the marvels and horrors of this country, where tyrannous priests offer up victims to a sacred octopus, and where even the plants display cannibalistic tendencies; the amphibian race who rescue the hero and his English comrades from the priestly faction are a distinct novelty in adventure-books." --Manchester Guardian 1905-12-23 p5 "More Christmas Books", in full except bibliographic data