“A few of these sonnets have merit. The pity is that they are submerged beneath a mass of tedious commonplace.”
– + Ath. 1906, 1: 664. Je. 2. 230w.
“The author knows a great deal about the use of words and the management of the sonnet-form, but of the use of love and the management of life, she seems deplorably ignorant.”
+ – Critic. 49: 51. Jl. ’06. 380w.
“There is much excellent poetry in Mrs. Lounsbery’s volume.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ – Dial. 40: 329. My. 16, ’06. 210w. + Nation. 83: 144. Ag. ’06. 150w.
“There is little fault to be found with the facility of the verse.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 523. Ag. 25. ’06. 260w.
“A collection of sonnets of real poetic strength and beauty.”