“We do not remember reading such a clever murder story since Grant Allen’s ‘The curate of Churnside.’”
+ Acad. 70: 429. My. 5, ’06. 440w.
“The book, in short, shows considerable crudeness, but also an imaginative faculty by no means contemptible.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 634. My. 26. 130w. N. Y. Times. 11: 371. Je. 9, ’06. 240w.
“It is the history of a crime set forth with much artistic literary ability.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.
“A good detective story of a somewhat novel kind. The book is really interesting.”
+ Sat. R. 101: 698. Je. 2, ’06. 220w.
Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh. [King’s achievement.] $1.50. Herder.