THE GUARDIAN.
“The author apparently desires to show that an eminent physician ... may easily become the tool of a determined woman who has made up her mind that the course of true love shall not run, smoothly or otherwise, to a conclusion that she deems undesirable; that ‘nursing homes’ may be so manipulated as to serve temporarily as places of confinement for persons whose relations find it inconvenient that they should be at liberty; and that the ‘Weir Mitchell System,’ whatever excellences it may possess, is not a panacea for every disorder to which humanity is subject.”
THE STANDARD.
“These volumes are apparently written to warn the public that nefarious persons find very easily, in massage ‘homes,’ all the conveniences for getting their uncongenial relations put out of the way and tortured, which used to be the speciality of private lunatic asylums. If so, we hope that Cyril Bennett may be the Charles Reade to rouse the world to open the doors of these new and hitherto unsuspected Bastilles.”
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
“Picturesque and animated scenes of Eastern life.”
WHITEHALL REVIEW.
“His two volumes are amusing and interesting, and written in a style which promises much in the future.... There are truth, life, and colour throughout the book.”
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