+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 178. O. ’07.

“The book is, on the whole, a sincere and careful piece of work, the author’s tendency to preach—excusable, perhaps, in a book dealing with such a theme—being kept steadily in hand.”

+Ath. 1907, 1: 601. My. 18. 150w.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

Dial. 43: 64. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.

“Mr. King has appreciated the epic possibilities of this theme and has given us an interesting picture of a modern financial Titan.... In the hands of a master craftsman it would indeed be a fascinating theme, and is perhaps the one reserved for the long-awaited American master.”

+ −Lit. D. 34: 724. My. 4, ’07. 230w.

“Neither the father nor the lover is convincingly drawn, but the slow development of the daughter Paula’s character under the stress of trial and trouble is admirable.”

+ −Nation. 84: 363. Ap. 18, ’07. 230w.
+N. Y. Times. 12: 284. My. 4, ’07. 710w.