N. Y. Herald: "She draws human nature, delights in the opposition of character, and has, in fact, written a first-rate modern novel."
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: "A thoroughly good, strong, pure story."
GODFREY'S POOR HUMAN NATURE
A musical novel. 2d Impression, 12mo. $1.50.
The story of some Wagnerian singers at the Court Opera of Blankenstadt. It has been said that this name thinly veils Dresden, and that the book gives an intimate picture of musical life at the Saxon capital.
Bookman: "It is curiously convincing. The characters, too are peculiarly real.... Each and every one stands out with vivid distinction, and is not soon to be forgotten.... The portrayal of local life, particularly that appertaining to operatic circles, is full of freshness and interest.... It is well written, it is nobly felt, it is altogether an admirable work."
New York Tribune: "One of the cleverest musical novels we know, and it is particularly creditable in that it holds nothing of the hysterical gush with which the feminine writer usually fills fiction of this kind.... The study of the group of singers at the Royal Opera in a minor German city is astonishingly well done, and so is the portrait of the great tenor's peasant wife ... so unmistakably true that she must have been drawn from life ... an uncommonly attractive and interesting novel."
Boston Transcript: "We have nothing but praise to say of this fine, strong tale, and can recommend it heartily and without qualification."
Literary World: "There is a distinctly original touch in this story.... Full of interest."