“An engrossing picture of English society just before and during the war.”
+ Cleveland p105 D ’20 40w
“Two solid volumes of Sonia richly sufficed us and we rather resent having her served up to us again; even under another name. Lady Barbara Neave is just Sonia, only more so.” V. G.
− + Freeman 2:358 D 22 ’20 220w
“The most striking thing in this novel is the fact that though we see and know Barbara in all her shallow selfishness, we fall under her spell, even as those who make the story with her fall under it.”
+ N Y Times p26 D 19 ’20 1800w + − Spec 125:675 N 20 ’20 150w
“Next to ‘Sonia,’ this is the author’s most finished and interesting work. Indeed, he sometimes attains the high level set in that admirable book.”
+ Springf’d Republican p9a D 5 ’20 420w
“One cannot fail to recognize that artistically he is at home, conveying always a very fair impression of reality in general detail, writing with ease and often with wit, drawing characters which are all recognizable as types. But the significance is the question, and here, so far, he is not convincing.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p666 O 14 ’20 420w