“The story, a modern fairy tale, is handled with much restraint and artistry.”
+ Cleveland p50 My ’20 50w Dial 68:665 My ’20 50w
“Those who are desirous of finding something to laugh at and to ridicule in any tale of the supernatural will readily discover all that they desire in ‘The Tall villa’; even those who are ready and willing to take the novel with the same high and intense seriousness with which it is written will find it difficult to refrain from smiling over some of the high-flown speeches addressed by Frances Copley to the ghost of Alexis Lord Oxley. Yet there is much of charm in the book.”
+ − N Y Times 25:2 F 22 ’20 900w
“The character of Frances Copley is exquisitely etched. The rare distinction of Mrs Harrison’s carven style is at its best in this unusual and dexterously handled romance, which is finely free from the over-frank emphasis of the senses found in ‘Sir Richard Calmady.’” Katharine Perry
+ Pub W 97:601 F 21 ’20 400w
“The book will rank with the best of the author’s.”
+ Sat R 130:300 O 9 ’20 110w
“It is a sad confession to make, but we are Philistine enough to prefer those portions of the story in which normal events and personages predominate.”
+ − Spec 124:728 My 29 ’20 450w