+ Bookm 52:272 N ’20 220w
“There is no doubt but what Miss Macaulay looks at her day and its state of mind much as Cervantes looked at his, and her result in fiction is in kind if not in degree the same. In degree it is far ahead of its kind beyond anything done by her contemporaries. For all its clever caricature and exhilarating interest the story is downright English.” W. S. B.
+ Boston Transcript p1 N 27 ’20 1150w
“As a sophisticated picture of modern life the book is exceedingly well done; as a solution of the problem it sets before us it fails, chiefly because in the author’s philosophy there is no solution—at least no workable solution.”
+ − Cath World 112:694 F ’21 300w
“It is cleverly conceived and cleverly written, but it is a little too hasty to be complete.” E. P.
+ − Dial 70:107 Ja ’21 50w
“In ‘Potterism’ Miss Macaulay has sketched for us a clever, amusing, and, on the whole, convincing picture of the state of the British mind during and immediately after the war. Her book pushes as close to the current hour as it can without lapsing into mere journalism.” Edwin Björkman
+ Freeman 2:429 Ja 12 ’21 490w
“Miss Macaulay’s narrative technique shares the keenness and distinction of her intellectual outlook. Each section of the book is told by one of its characters and thus the characterization is of a rare completeness and inwardness. The section written by Lelia Yorke is masterly.” L. L.