“The author fails chiefly because she has not defined exactly what she would be at. In regard to the condition of the poor, her hero is an ignoramus.”
– + Acad. 70: 173. F. 24, ’06. 1440w. + – Ath. 1906, 1: 416. Ap. 7. 270w. – Critic. 48: 572. Je. ’06. 140w.
“A singularly charming and appealing book. The style of the novel, also, is natural as to dialogue, and charmingly allusive as to description.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 40: 155. Mr. 1, ’06. 210w.
“The tale is a really thoughtful one, written with a purpose; but buried so deeply beneath value the motive at its true worth.”
– + Lond. Times. 5: 52. F. 16, ’06. 170w.
“Upon the whole, however, the characters are consistent with themselves, and the author shows her art by being just to all of them.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 146. Mr. 10, ’06. 1350w.
“The best thing in the novel is the rapid-fire exchange of sociological epigrams and paradoxes between a group of Oxford undergraduates.”