Reviewed by R. M. Underhill
Bookm 51:440 Je ’20 160w
“The author not only knows her country, but those who live in it, and she describes both with strong feeling and yet with artistic restraint.”
+ Boston Transcript p11 Ap 17 ’20 250w
“The theme of this book is good but it is not good enough for 430 pages of closely printed matter. Of the characters that create ‘The story of a New Zealand river,’ which, by the way, is an extremely bad title, nothing but praise may be given.” H. S. G.
+ − New Repub 23:234 Jl 21 ’20 650w
“The novel presents an interesting picture of pioneer life on the unnamed river and some of Alice’s struggles are well portrayed, but there is so much reiteration and so much of what can only be called padding that the effect of the novel is greatly weakened and it loses its hold on the reader long before the climax is reached.”
+ − N Y Times 25:240 My 9 ’20 380w
“The author handles this tale of an isolated New Zealand lumber camp with considerable romantic effect.”
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Je 27 ’20 220w