“There is not a human character in the book, and not a wise idea. It is pretentious, badly constructed and badly written.”
| − − | Acad. 73: 928. S. 21, ’07. 700w. |
“Such a book will not please those who seek for sensation; but as a criticism of modern western civilization, especially of its excessive care of the body, and neglect of the spirit, ‘The new religion’ has its charm and claim.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 2: 362. S. 28. 240w. |
“Will not bear comparison with ‘Dorothea,’ still less ‘God’s fool,’ but it contains interesting characters, witty comments and pathetic scenes, and its satire, unfair and exaggerated, like all satire, nevertheless has point and significance.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 1121. N. 7, ’07. 440w. |
“The personages in the novel are masterly portrayals, but they do not excite the reader’s sympathy, while the story, as a whole, in spite of its many brilliant passages, is not entirely convincing, and leaves the impression that in the treatment of his main theme the author has not been free from a tendency to exaggeration, which rather weakens his arraignment of the medical profession.”
| + − | Lit. D. 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 380w. |
“We have not believed in the loves or the diseases; nor have we profited by the satire; but we have been very much entertained, and wit and fantasy are good, call them what you will.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 269. S. 6, ’07. 870w. |