“The story is more than worth reading for [Lucy’s] sake, even if its outcome does rudely shock our romantic sensibilities.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ – Dial. 40: 368. Je. 1, ’06. 260w.
“Sensible, normal people will not care for a romance in which sorrows and griefs are the only heroes and heroines.”
– + Ind. 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 80w.
“Although written with spirit, and though the author has brought a keen observation to bear upon a wide range of experience, the story has been a disappointment.”
– + N. Y. Times. 11: 338. My. 26, ’06. 490w. – R. of Rs. 33: 758. Je. ’06. 30w.
Palmer, William T. [English lakes.] *$6. Macmillan.
“We fail, in this volume, to find many of the interesting stories of adventure and sport on the fells, or glimpses of the dalesman’s life, such as made its predecessors readable in spite of a somewhat unchastened style. The style, indeed, is all there. Strange words abound.”
+ – Ath. 1905, 2: 329. S. 9. 1180w.
“His bright and chatty narrative, in spite of its want of style, is eminently readable.”