“The narrative ... is told with much humor and not a little pathos, but at too great length.”
+ + – Ath. 1906, 1: 792. Je. 30. 180w.
“Both young and old will enjoy this entertaining account of the doings of four Irish young folk.”
+ Critic. 49: 190. Ag. ’06. 100w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 375. Je. 9, ’06. 830w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 170w.
“The book is too long, but the high spirits of the family carry the reader on.”
+ – Sat. R. 102: 243. Ag. 25, ’06. 290w.
Weyman, Stanley John. [Chippinge Borough.] †$1.50. McClure.
“Mr. Weyman’s latest romance has for its background the passing of the Reform bill of 1832. No novelist is more conscientious in his treatment of historical events, and the picture he presents of the fierce struggle between the old governing class and the advocates of the ‘People’s bill’ is singularly faithful and vivid.... Into this political struggle he has successfully woven a romantic story.”—Ath.
“It is wholesome, mediocre work, and will delight Mr. Stanley Weyman’s immense number of readers.”