“Though not profound, a well-managed, interesting story.”
+ − Booklist 17:117 D ’20
“Mr King’s style is a delight and his narrative related with spirit; only his dénouement of a reconciliation with a colorless wife seems to be an error.”
+ − Bookm 52:273 N ’20 170w
“The first part of the story many an experienced novelist might have written, but the second part is especially characteristic of Mr King, and it is in the second part that most of us will find our deeper pleasure. It is here also that he unfolds that philosophy of life which we feel is so important a part of his work.” D. L. M.
+ Boston Transcript p8 S 15 ’20 800w + Cath World 112:406 D ’20 320w
“This psychological problem of lost memory the author treats with much skill, bringing out its ever-present pathos and throwing on it now and then the high light of some spiritually dramatic situation, but dealing with it always with admirable reserve and with a distinction of manner that will make the novel doubly welcome to the mentally fastidious reader.”
+ N Y Times p26 Ag 22 ’20 900w
“The early stages of the story are deeply absorbing, but the fact should not be overlooked that Mr King is all the while working up to the development of his idea that service to the unfortunate should be the highest mission of the fortunate. If this is accepted by readers, the high merits of the narrative will be best appreciated.”
+ Springf’d Republican p9a O 17 ’20 550w + The Times [London] Lit Sup p781 N 25 ’20 120w Wis Lib Bul 16:194 N ’20 180w