+ Dial. 41: 241. O. 16, ’06. 280w. + – Lond. Times. 4: 407. N. 24, ’05. 350w.
“If the narrative paragraphs move ponderously, honorable amends are made in the ingenious conversation.”
+ Nation. 83: 188. Ag. 30, ’06. 240w.
“She has written a well-considered, carefully wrought novel, but alas, it is undeniably heavy, and among its many good features intrudes the unalluring one of skipability.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 471. Jl. 28. ’06. 190w.
“The theme strikes us as of too rough-and-tumble a character for Mrs. Woods’ delicate talent. The workmanship is skilful, but smugglers, brigands, and the like are a little beyond her control, though the several women of the drama are excellent. As a novel of incident, ‘The king’s revoke’ falls below ‘Sons of the sword.’”
+ – Sat. R. 101: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 220w.
“In spite, therefore, of sundry misprints and a frequently faulty punctuation, the book is a delight to read for the charm of its characterisation, for its fine historic sense of the glory and weakness of Spain, and for a genuine distinction of style unsurpassed by contemporary writers of this class of fiction.”
+ Spec. 95: 1129. D. 30, ’05. 630w.
Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey (Susan Coolidge, pseud.). [Last verses]; with an introd. by her sister, Mrs. Daniel C. Gilman. *$1. Little.