The Times.—“A pleasant book ... prettily conceived and told....”
The Scotsman.—“The stories are always interesting, both as studies of odd aspects of humanity and for the curious modern reticence of their art.”
Clement K. Shorter in The Sphere.—“‘Some Neighbours’ deserves the highest commendation.”
The Morning Leader.—“The treatment is invariably fresh and individual ... thoroughly readable.”
Eastern Morning News.—“There can be nothing but praise—and that of a high quality—for a man who writes with Mr Granville’s sympathy and charm ... his art is so sure that he puts a world of life and reality into a few pages.”
Liverpool Daily Post.—“Mr Granville is a writer possessing literary gifts very much above the average, and the versatility of his gifts is very fully indicated in the book under notice.”
Yorkshire Observer.—“The author certainly shows that love of humanity which marks the creative mind.”
Aberdeen Free Press.—“All of them are readable, and there are one or two of quite surprising excellence.... These are characterised by real literary power, and suffused with true poetic feeling.”
Westminster Review.—“Mr Granville’s humour is of that quality which perceives the sense of tears in human things. To those capable of appreciating fine literature we recommend ‘Some Neighbours.’”
The Commentator.—“This clever writer’s characteristic originality and freshness both of thought and expression.”