Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger
PRESS NOTICES
BOSTON TIMES. “Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood is nothing if not original—and he is original. The most partial critic would not dare to deny him that desirable gift after a glance at his ‘Little Baron Trump.’ Like the great Munchausen, the little Baron has a passion for travel, a lust of adventure, a fever of imagination. He sees, says, and does queer things; accidents never heard of outside the lunatic asylums and Mr. Lockwood’s pages test his resources at every hand; to ‘grapple with an emergency’ is beneath him—he simply walks over it. We owe Mr. Lockwood thanks, too, for that he has neglected to wrap a moral around his tales, and has given us simply a delightful example of the art of sustained fooling.”
UTICA HERALD. “A book which might easily be rated one of the posthumous chapters of the ‘Arabian Nights,’ so far as its style goes, and possessing, as the little Baron observes, ‘an almost Oriental exuberance of fancy.’ The pictures by Mr. Edwards are very comical, and as ingenious as they are quaint. But they are hardly as wonderful as the doings of the young Baron and his more wonderful confidant, Bulger. Surely never was such another dog as he.”
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. “The travels and adventures of Baron Trump and the bulldog are indeed extraordinary, even more so than those of ‘Sinbad the Sailor.’ The book is full of quaint humor, side-splitting at times. The Baron is an extremely precocious youngster, and Bulger, though he cannot talk, is gifted with the worldly wisdom and acuteness of a Prime Minister.”
WOMAN’S CYCLE. “Poor Munchausen won his reputation in the nick of time. A few generations later and he would have had no chance at all. His inventive genius would have fallen below that of a reporter for a ‘great’ daily. Imagination is accustomed nowadays to astounding flights. It performs a series of them in this book, which is also illustrated so comically as to make the small boy sit on the floor and wriggle with delight, while his elders guffaw boisterously. It is, in fact, a ‘funny’ book.”
NEW YORK SUN. “A very whimsical and ingenious tale is that entitled ‘Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger.’ Young or old readers will appreciate the humor of the author. The illustrations by George Wharton Edwards admirably supplement the text.”
ALTA CALIFORNIAN. “Heathen mythology, ‘The Arabian Nights,’ and the modern fairy tale are brought to mind by the wonderful scenes, but there is no evidence of plagiarism, startling originality being far more in the author’s line than surreptitious imitation. Many of the marvels are ingeniously founded on the scientific theories of recent years, and satires on popular shortcomings or delusions are conveyed in the guise of some perilous experience. The author has evidently given full but harmless rein to an original and prolific imagination.”
PORTLAND TELEGRAM. “One of the most interesting stories for young people ever issued by an American publisher. Its humor is contagious, its fun rollicking, while the variety and astonishing nature of the experiences of the pair holds the reader captive until the end. The illustrations by Wharton Edwards lend an added charm to the work.”
N. Y. TRIBUNE. “Mr. Lockwood’s clever book, though modelled, no doubt, on Munchausen’s narrative, has a whimsical originality of invention which the first Baron might have envied. It is a question whether the very youthful reader will fully appreciate all the fun which an older reader finds therein; but it is certain that the book will not be dropped until the last prodigious adventure is absorbed. As a book of fantastic impossibilities, gravely set forth, it is the most attractive devised in many a season.”
PUBLIC OPINION. “One of the jolliest and most rollicking stories of the year. It is an old-time children’s story, full of marvel, mystery, and adventure. The author, Ingersoll Lockwood, has succeeded in writing a capital boy’s book that is at once fascinating and wholesome, as well as being good literature. The abundant illustrations, drawn by George Wharton Edwards, are admirably executed, and form a strong re-enforcement to the interest as well as the beauty of the work.”
SACRAMENTO BEE. “A clean, well written, interesting children’s book, but its adventures are so wonderful and so quaintly told that many a parent who would buy the book as a Christmas present for his children would be beguiled into reading it for his own amusement.”
ST. PAUL DISPATCH. “It is a fanciful tale with a healthy tone throughout. Moreover, it is put in an attractive form, the cover being an unique combination of gray, black and brown, while the print is clear and the illustrations very attractive. ‘Bulger’ was Little Baron Trump’s companion from his birth; the relation of his attachment for his master and their adventures among strange peoples and in new countries is very entertaining. The book will be heartily welcomed by both boys and girls, and it is a safe book to place in their hands.”
BROOKLYN EAGLE. “A delightfully absurd and sarcastic boy’s story is ‘Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger,’ with equally absurd and wonderful illustrations. It is as remarkable for its powers of absurdity as ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ or ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ if not so sarcastic as the first, and the illustrations are not merely absurd travesties, but works of art characteristically and in drawing. Bulger is truly a wonderful dog, but no more wonderful than his phenomenally brainy young master and the great variety of preposterous people he falls in with.”
CHRISTIAN STANDARD. “One of those strange, whimsical, julesvernish romances which, while they have neither mission nor moral, plot or purpose, are strangely fascinating to children. This quaint and curious volume of never-to-be-forgotten lore is rendered the more attractive by numerous grotesque, giggles-begetting illustrations, by George Wharton Edwards.”
HEALTH AND HOME. “This work will delight both young and old. It gives a series of ludicrous adventures of the Little Baron and his famous dog that are not only amusing, but, in many cases, point useful morals. It contains over 300 pages, all of which brim over with genuine humor, and is just the book for boys who are wearing their first pants, or even of a larger growth.”
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. “A romance of wonderland, for old and young. It would be difficult to find a volume of adventures which would surpass Mr. Lockwood’s presentations of the wonders of travel, and of the deeds of the valiant heroes who trumpet their bravery and daring after laughable and amusing style.”