+ N. Y. Times. 11: 563. S. 15, ’06. 840w.

“It has the great affirmative merit that it never bores the reader.”

+ Outlook. 84: 141. S. 15, ’06. 120w.

“As this novel is a study in masculine psychology it is unsatisfying.”

– + Sat. R. 102: 585. N. 10, ’06. 180w.

“The greater part of the story is extraordinarily vulgar, and to that part of it which is not vulgar it is impossible to apply any epithet but that of ‘stagy.’ The story cannot but remind its readers of the sentimental fiction of about twenty years ago.”

Spec. 97: 790. N. 17, ’06. 220w.

“In the midst of the inrush of novels it is one of the few that deserve a better fate than that of serving as a time-killer.”

+ World To-Day. 12: 1221. N. ’06. 130w.

Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland). [Railway children]; with drawings by C. E. Brock. †$1.50. Macmillan.