+ + Arena. 36: 217. Ag. ’06. 790w.
“Quite as clever in its way as Mr. Hornung’s ‘Raffles’ stories.”
+ + Bookm. 23: 642. Ag. ’06. 420w.
“The story is exciting, but the morale is unqualifiedly bad.”
– + Critic. 49: 288. S. ’06. 80w.
“Although this story is about as immoral in its tendencies as any that we have ever read the crimes which it deals with are so ingeniously contrived as to prove remarkably interesting.” Wm. M. Payne.
– + Dial. 41: 38. Jl. 16, ’06. 280w.
“The book is at once action and life, virile and alluring. It grips, and remains a pleasant memory.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 983. Je. 30, ’06. 690w.
“We care much less for the characterization than for the incidents and the felicitous handling that gives them the semblance of reality.”