+ – Ind. 60: 458. F. 22, ’06. 350w.
“Leaves us with the impression that, for all its laboured length and solid paragraphs, the book is the result of incomplete imagination and undigested thought.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 116. Mr. 30, ’06. 480w.
“The book is undeniably a little disappointing at first, because somewhat lacking in the amusing qualities which we have learned to expect from its author but it grows upon one as the characters slowly develop and the theme is worked out through the medium of their lives.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 117. F. 24, ’06. 600w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 387. Je. 16, ’06. 190w.
“A singular mingling of the attractive and the disappointing. It is in its plot and situations distressing, but in its pictures of English society it is extremely interesting, and there are several characters worth knowing and rather carefully worked out.”
+ – Outlook. 82: 475. F. 24, ’06. 230w.
“It is unusual, and well executed in a way but it is decidedly not a cheerful tale.”
+ – Pub. Opin. 40: 410. Mr. 31, ’06. 260w.
“Mr Benson would do well to shun the supernatural: it does not suit his style.”