+ Booklist 16:307 Je ’20
“In the preface, Mr Tassin’s style reminds one of Chesterton in its sharp shafts of wit and depths of irony. The first and second acts are excellent in their humor and sardonic style, the third lapses momentarily, and the fourth merely ‘carries on.’”
+ − Boston Transcript p6 N 10 ’20 280w
“The plays hover between satire and burlesque, and contain much that is arbitrary, didactic, and as inept as the figurative title; but they contrive to be both entertaining and provocative.”
+ − Dial 68:538 Ap ’20 80w
“An ingenious and sometimes witty satire.”
+ Ind 104:249 N 13 ’20 70w
“The source of this play in Mr Tassin’s mind was some moment of extreme irritation over the modern American woman. But to jump to the conclusion, as many would at once, that he is an anti-feminist, would be quite erroneous. The play has wit, it has wisdom, it has keen characterization of the purely intellectual sort, and it has dramatic energy.” L. L.
+ Nation 110:148 Ja 31 ’20 1100w