“It is an absorbing story, told in a masterly manner, by one who thoroughly comprehends it all and who is a master of English composition.” E. J. C.
+ Boston Transcript p7 O 9 ’20 1250w
“The book under discussion is decidedly worth while.”
+ Cath World 112:250 N ’20 230w
“She is a brilliant writer, with a free hand and an indifferent tread.”
+ N Y Times p18 O 24 ’20 2050w
“There is throughout the whole book an intimacy and warmth which, if it does no more, can scarcely fail to make one’s mind receptive of a broader point of view. Probably it will do more. It is not easy to see that Mrs O’Shaughnessy’s philosophy of Mexico, realistic to the point of cynicism, yet generous in feeling, is in any essential way wrong.”
+ No Am 212:716 N ’20 1000w
“The author has an advantage for which she owes thanks to no one but herself: a vivid and picturesque style which, reinforced by deep sincerity and an ardent enthusiasm, gives her narrative the glow of adventurous fiction. There is much in the latter chapters more spicy than reverential. But the author has a clear vision and her plain speaking makes for better understanding of Mexico.” Calvin Winter
+ Pub W 98:663 S 18 ’20 400w