Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ Bookm 52:253 N ’20 70w
“With what truth and delicate artistry Mrs Deland handles the narrative of what happened to Johnny, his foster mother, and his parents, no one who is at all familiar with the other Old Chester tales will need to be told. Simple as is its plot, the story has the quality of suspense, never permitting the reader’s interest to flag.”
+ N Y Times p19 N 14 ’20 550w
“The story is not entirely convincing, but the reader remains under the spell of the writer’s dramatic skill.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p7a D 12 ’20 800w
“It lacks the vitality of the earlier Old Chester stories and suggests that this vein is wearing thin.”
+ − Wis Lib Bul 16:237 D ’20 80w
DE LA PASTURE, EDMÉE ELIZABETH MONICA (E. M. DELAFIELD, pseud.). Tension. *$2.25 (3c) Macmillan
20–17523