“Nor can it honestly be said that Mr. Schauffler has given us a very satisfactory analysis of the musical temperament.”
– Critic. 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 120w.
“The story is essentially one of incidents, loosely strung together, charming in their freshness, and intimate in their revelation of the musician’s everyday life. It makes reading of an altogether wholesome and delightful sort.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 242. O. 6, ’06. 480w.
“It has an unhackneyed theme ... worked out in a convincing, if unskilful, way, and it tells an exceedingly pretty love story.”
– + Lit. D. 33: 138. Ag. 4, ’06. 100w.
“There is no story except in a mechanical sense. The author is like his own young flutist—more absorbed than inspired.”
– N. Y. Times. 11: 358. Je. 2, ’06. 430w.
“A book not to be read very critically; its shortcomings are too obvious.”