“Another positive merit of this novel is found in its comparative freedom from the prolixity that lies like a dead weight on most of its predecessors.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 41: 36. Jl. 16, ’06. 710w.
“If there is any fault to be found with the book it is the emphasis which the author places upon refinement, sensibility and the society which these elements create.”
+ + – Ind. 60: 1432. Je. 14, ’06. 1020w. – + Ind. 61: 1161. N. 15, ’06. 90w.
“The book is justified by the artistic and well-rounded-out finale.”
+ + – Lit. D. 33: 123. Jl. 28, ’06. 850w.
“It shows all the old thoroughness, knowledge, good sense: a little more than the old tenderness and sympathy. It does not hit hard; it does not carry the reader on in a fever. It never surprises.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 158. My. 4, ’06. 1070w.
“It is only in construction that ‘Fenwick’s career’ seems to us better than the preceding novel.”
+ – Nation. 83: 15. Jl. 5, ’06. 630w.