"Powerful in its subtle analysis of childhood philosophy."—Rochester Union and Advertiser.
"A most delightful story.... Let Mr. Fillmore go on writing other stories like 'The Hickory Limb.'"—Toronto News.
"An hour of amusement, a series of laughs from the heart out, and a pleasant vista backward to the days of childhood will come to the reader of 'The Hickory Limb.'"—Cincinnati Tribune.