+ + Bookm. 24: 57. S. ’06. 1150w.
“It is a story that has seldom been told as appealingly and with such conscience-searching effect as in ... Mrs. Deland’s latest and best novel.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 41: 115. S. 1, ’06. 520w. + + Ind. 61: 336. Ag. 9, ’06. 1140w. + + – Ind. 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 60w.
“Strikes a deeper and truer chord of human passion, and indeed of tragedy, than most of the novels of the day that deal with a similar theme.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 283. S. 1, ’06. 540w. Lit. D. 33: 594. O. 27, ’06. 550w.
“The story is beyond question a contribution to real literature. We are inclined to believe it must be coupled with Mr. Wister’s ‘Lady Baltimore’ as the finest fiction produced in this country this year.”
+ + + Lit. D. 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 90w.
“It is a good thing to have a ‘text’ for your novel, if your judgment is so well able to bear it as is Mrs. Deland’s; if it warms you to so much sympathy and understanding as are revealed in this wise, deep, and tender story.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 271. Ag. 3, ’06. 440w.
“Mrs. Deland’s latest novel opens and proceeds with a firm tread which has not always characterized her larger books. At the same time the accustomed fine inlay work that marks all her dealings with Old Chester and its inhabitants is here peerlessly present.”