“The book is irredeemiably vulgar; vulgar in design, vulgar in execution.”
– – Acad. 70: 383. Ap. 21, ’06. 180w.
“A mistake both in its motive and its manner.”
– Ath. 1906, 1: 542. My. 5. 260w.
“The book is good enough to provoke interest. For the robust, ‘The sphinx’s lawyer’ is not insipid reading; and granted her chosen milieu, Mrs. Frankau does not needlessly offend the timid.” Mary Moss.
+ – Bookm. 23: 630. Ag. ’06. 950w.
“Her book is simply bestial in its implications. There is a skill in the exhibition no doubt, but to any right-minded person it is disgusting.”
– – + Critic. 49: 285. S. ’06. 300w.
“A clever woman who uses her talent perversely is about what we have learned to think of the writer who calls herself ‘Frank Danby.’” Wm. M. Payne.
– + Dial. 41: 114. S. 1, ’06. 240w. Lit. D. 33: 284. S. 1, ’06. 190w. – N. Y. Times. 11: 447. Jl. 14, ’06. 430w.