+ – Bookm. 23: 414. Je. ’06. 860w.
“We simply refuse to admit that the magnificent specimen of cultivated manhood who appears in the opening chapters can be one and the same person with the cowering wretch who makes his exit from the stage at the close of the book.” Wm. M. Payne.
– + Dial. 41: 116. S. 1, ’06. 240w.
“On the whole, we may say that if Mr. Rowland’s story is of the story-with-a-moral sort, its characters are by no means therefore puppets.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 290. My. 5, ’06. 450w.
“There is a great deal that is unpleasant about the tale, and, although it is told with vividness, one doubts whether such a psycho-physiological analysis is really desirable.”
+ – Outlook. 83: 42. My. 3, ’06. 100w.
“The story as a whole impresses the reader with a sense of futility.”
– Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 140w. R. of Rs. 33: 762. Je. ’06. 50w.
“This is a remarkable novel in every way. It possess unusual grip and vital human interest. Written in terse, nervous language it is the work of a man who has made an intimate study of psychology.”