No better college story has been written.—Providence News.
Miss Reed is herself a Radcliffe woman, and she has made a sympathetic and accurate study of the woman's college at Cambridge.—Chicago Evening Post.
The author is one of the best equipped of our writers for girls of larger growth. Her stories are strong, intelligent, and wholesome.—The Outlook, N. Y.
The book has the background of old Cambridge, a little of Harvard, and Boston in the distance.... The heroine is a fine girl, and the other characters are girls of many varieties and from many places.—New York Commercial Advertiser.
She brings out all sides of the life, and, while making much of the fun and good fellowship, does not let it be forgotten that work and growth are the end and object of it all.—Chicago Tribune.
BRENDA'S BARGAIN
Illustrated by Ellen Bernard Thompson.
The story deals with social settlement work, under conditions with which the author is familiar.—The Bookman, New York.
AMY IN ACADIA
Illustrated by Katherine Pyle.
A splendid tale for girls, carefully written, interesting and full of information concerning the romantic region made famous by the vicissitudes of Evangeline.—Toronto Globe.
BRENDA'S WARD
Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
The story details the experience of a Chicago girl at school in Boston, and very absorbing those experiences are—full of action and diversity.—Chicago Post.
Pictures a Western girl's school life in Boston, and the story is told with spirit and fine sentiment.... The girls whose lives are told of are merry and of wholesome temperament.—Portland (Ore.) Oregonian.
The story is full of seeing, doing, enjoying, and accomplishing.—Kansas City Star.
The tale throughout is sweet and wholesome.... The character sketching is consistent and firm, and the dialogue natural.—Boston Transcript.
The young Western girl who enters Brenda's life is sweet and charming, and will appeal to all.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The characters are all brimful of wholesome human interest with Brenda as a paramount attraction.—Pittsburg Bulletin.
A new Brenda book is always sure of a welcome.... Of all the stories for girls these books rank among the best. The movement of these narratives is rapid, there is an abundance of natural and entertaining incident, and the characters are sharply drawn and developed with masterly skill and rare powers of sympathetic analysis.—Kennebec (Me.) Journal.