+ − Boston Transcript p8 My 29 ’20 450w
“As a whole, the book is decidedly pleasing and out of the ordinary.”
+ Cath World 111:407 Je ’20 210w Cleveland p50 My ’20 50w Lit D p97 S 18 ’20 2650w
“‘Happy house’ is a quiet little story of the domestic type, but Oliver Wick and Violet Walbridge make it worth while.”
+ N Y Times 25:116 Mr 14 ’20 600w
“The novel is entertaining rather than deep.”
+ Outlook 124:562 Mr 31 ’20 60w
“Towards the end of the book a few incredible things happen, but one forgives these in gratitude for the careful and convincing character drawing.”
+ − Sat R 129:41 Ja 10 ’20 220w
“In the tragedy of a once popular novelist, who has become something of a fallen star, and in the very casual way in which, even when her star was at its zenith, she has always been regarded by her own family, there are great possibilities. But the Baroness von Hutten scarcely makes the most of it, and dares so little to rely on it that she introduces two sub-plots which, though mechanically linked with this main theme, have no artistic bearing upon it.”