“His genius consists in having the right words with which to interpret a high romance of a time long past.”
+ + Ind. 61: 1161. N. 15, ’06. 30w.
“Mr. Quiller-Couch is no weaver of ornate verbal fabrics; but he is at once too ardent and too steeped in great literature to be ever mean or cold, and there are times when the mere beauty of his style, as style, moves us to enthusiasm.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 369. N. 2, ’06. 420w.
“As a tale of romantic adventure we have had hardly anything since Stevenson’s time so good as Mr. Quiller-Couch’s new story. The story as a whole, indeed, is so excellent of its kind that one wishes that the author had recast some parts of the book and subjected it to a severer test of his judgment as to construction, probability, and humor.”
+ + – Outlook. 84: 287. S. 29, ’06. 280w.
“Sometimes the changeling in ‘Q’ gets the better of the romancer, and the farce, delightful in itself, strikes a jarring note in such an environment. Apart from this blemish, we have nothing but praise for a story which is not only ‘Q’s’ finest achievement, but one which must stand very near the work of the greatest of the romantics.”
+ + – Spec. 97: 790. N. 17, ’06. 370w.
“For ingenuity of plot and unconventionality of adventure the book is in a class by itself. His work never descends to vulgarity or claptrap excitement. For he is an artist.”
+ + World To-Day. 11: 1221. N. ’06. 120w.