+ – Acad. 71: 53. Jl. 21, ’06. 1680w.
“It is not too much to say that it places him at the head of contemporary American novelists.”
+ + – Ath. 1906, 2: 97. Jl. 28. 450w.
“It is of better quality than the average fiction of to-day.”
+ Cath. World. 84: 115. O. ’06. 170w. + + – Critic. 49: 208. S. ’06. 410w. + + Critic. 49: 284. S. ’06. 390w.
“A sober estimate will give the book due recognition for its idealism, its close observation, and its genuine human interest, while not ignoring its coherent structure, its superficial characterization, its long-windedness, its affected pose, and its slovenly diction.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + – Dial. 41: 116. S. 1, ’06. 430w.
“Mr. Churchill’s latest novel is his best novel.”
+ + Ind. 61: 96. Jl. 12, ’06. 860w. + + Ind. 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 30w.
“The story is open, nevertheless, to the same objections which have been brought against its predecessors—lack of concentration, and the diffusion of events over too large an area.”