“The characterization, which is the mainstay of such a book, is excellent throughout.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 473. O. 20. 260w.
“Mrs. Fraser’s portrait of Washington hardly fills the frame of one’s ideal. Upon the whole, however, the novel is a creditable and interesting picture of colonial days.”
+ – Lit. D. 33: 767. N. 24, ’06. 290w.
“She is too ponderous in her study of child life.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 338. O. 5, ’06. 420w.
“If placed in the hands of an intelligent person who, by some anomalous circumstance, had never heard of George Washington, the book would still—ay perhaps more—appeal to the heart and mind as a splendid biography of a splendid family.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 740w.
“The story is well arranged, the persons concerned are sufficiently lifelike and the general effect ... is dignified, and wholesome.”
+ Outlook. 84: 681. N. 17, ’06. 120w.