− Ath p372 S 17 ’20 1400w
“Nature lovers and lovers of childhood especially will be delighted by it.”
+ Booklist 17:69 N ’20
“The truest thing about the journal to my own mind is its truth of emotion—it is the absolute record of a child’s emotion.” A. C. Moore
+ Bookm 52:258 N ’20 740w
“Completely delightful book.” C. H. O.
+ Boston Transcript p4 S 29 ’20 2200w
“That it is a beautiful and touching and piercingly honest revelation of an imaginative child’s spirit seems to me evident beyond cavil.” Christopher Morley
+ N Y Evening Post p4 N 13 ’20 1200w
“The question asked with regard to ‘The young visiters’ is being repeated in connection with the present book—‘Could a child really write it?’ Only a child could have written ‘The story of Opal.’ No adult could put into language such innocent and spontaneous grace combined with such freshness of perception.” Marguerite Wilkinson