− Dial 69:432 O ’20 50w
“But those who like much fine and high feeling and good talk and whose interest in character study is strong will find it very satisfying. There is in it a great deal of clever, sometimes brilliant, and always interesting, conversation that covers a wide variety of subjects.”
+ N Y Times p24 S 5 ’20 600w
“As fiction the book is not appealing, but it is keenly and sometimes brilliantly written.”
+ − Outlook 126:111 S 15 ’20 150w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ Review 3:561 D 8 ’20 270w + Sat R 128:589 D 20 ’19 400w
“‘True love’ is an interesting and painfully engrossing story, in which the author practises a most artistic self-effacement.”
+ Spec 122:733 N 29 ’19 750w
“His style is careful, neat and polished. His skill at play-writing has taught him how to make his novels dramatic, and the book advances in a good, orderly well-drilled fashion. Mr Monkhouse has given us a most readable novel.”