“A novel which is terse, powerful yet graceful, showing intimate knowledge and acute observation, never overweighted with description yet containing many delightful pictures of colonial life and manners.”
+ + – Acad. 69: 881. Ag. 26, ’05. 330w.
“We have no hesitation in pronouncing this his best story, nor in recommending it particularly to the attention of adventurous young England.”
+ + – Ath. 1905, 2: 235. Ag. 19. 400w.
“The interest of the plot is fairly well sustained, but the book is carelessly written.”
+ – Critic. 48: 571. Je. ’06. 50w.
“An admirable novel is the result, and one which introduces us to a territory hitherto almost unexploited in fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 40: 364. Je. 1. ’06. 120w.
“In ‘Alton of Somasco’ Mr. Bindloss is seen at his best.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 4: 279. S. 1, ’05. 380w. N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.