“She tells her tale with a complete understanding of children and their ways; and heart as well as skill goes to make it the charming book it is.”
+ Acad. 70: 405. Ap. 28, ’06. 270w.
“The author can do better than this, but her gifts appear to us to lie in the direction rather of pure fantasy than fiction.”
– Ath. 1906, 1: 513. Ap. 28. 170w.
“Will make grown-ups young again, if any book can.”
+ Ind. 61: 1413. D. 13, ’06. 20w.
“The book is written in a style so limpid and pleasant, and tells about such true-hearted sweet people, besides having that indefinable thing we call ‘atmosphere,’ that, albeit with some grumbling, we fare on to the end.”
+ – – N. Y. Times. 11: 544. S. 1, ’06. 380w. Outlook. 84: 140. S. 15, ’06. 120w.
“Readers who like a series of charming sketches with a delicate thread of plot connecting them are cordially recommended to send for ‘Dearlove.’”