“We have read Mr. Vachell’s story with a curious sense of wandering through a lovely and gracious region to the accompaniment of tragic music.”
+ Acad. 70: 382. Ap. 21, ’06. 500w.
“Mr. Vachell shows an occasional tendency to stand outside his puppets, as if they were not real, which is disconcerting. Altogether it is a noteworthy novel by one of our most promising writers.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 541. My. 5. 310w.
“But though there are some weak passages, especially, it seems, in any crisis of emotion, the book is interesting not only as a study of curious beliefs and superstitions, but in a wider sense as a study of the life that is not limited to peasants.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 133. Ap. 12, ’06. 420w.
“Is as such things now go, what would be called a very good story. It has dignity as well as interest.”
+ Nation. 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 240w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 723. N. 3, ’06. 220w.
“An attractive story of artist life in Brittany.”
+ Outlook. 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 110w.