"T. P." in Weekly Sun: What a delightful creation Mrs. de Griendt is! Indeed I should have personally been glad if we had had more of her.... I think the reader will agree with me that I have not exaggerated the literary merit of this exquisitely-described scene.
The World and a Man.
Academy: A masterful novelist.
Illustrated London News: One of the cleverest novels of the day.
Pall Mall Gazette: Finely told.... It is an achievement in a high form of art.
Daily Chronicle: It contains many passages which the greatest masters in the same genre might have been proud to have written.
The Beautiful Miss Brooke.
Brooklyn Eagle: A brilliant bit of work.
Detroit Free Press: He has analyzed with ability and finish.... This is a story to be admired for its discernment and its originality.
Boston Beacon: The story is thoroughly entertaining and well done, ... and in analysis of character, force, and directness, it exceeds the author's previous essays in fiction.