“To those who have admired the author’s previous work it is sufficient to say that [‘Romance of old wars’] reaches her usual high standard in interest and execution.”
| + | Acad. 71: 16. Jl. 7, ’06. 320w. |
“Miss Hawtrey has a real gift for instilling an atmosphere of freshness and vitality into the historical background of her stories.”
| + | Ath. 1906, 2: 182. Ag. 18. 280w. |
“In spite of the sorrows and poverty and the pathetic ending, the author has caught that glamour which is the sunset radiance of the past ever shining behind us.”
| + | Ind. 62: 673. Mr. 21, ’07. 40w. |
“The vividness with which it makes alive and thrilling the life of noble and peasant five centuries and more ago is the book’s special claim to consideration.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 101. F. 16, ’07. 260w. |
“The writer ... sees the past pictorially, romantically, showing the superficial pageant and leaving unexpressed that absolute humanity which makes it as real and living as the present.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 47. Ja. 5, ’07. 100w. |