| − + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 110. Ap. ’07. |
“It is a sheer melodrama on one side, but so treated as to appear a human document.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 349. Mr. 23. 270w. |
“A thoroughly readable story.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
| + | Bookm. 25: 300. My. ’07. 750w. |
“Elements of human and natural interest combine to make a tale of singular fascination, over which the mountain glamour is cast with such compelling effect that it acts as a shaping influence upon the lives of all the persons chiefly concerned.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 376. Je. 16, ’07. 460w. | |
| Lit. D. 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 350w. |
“The book ends tamely, and leaves an impression of casual workmanship.”
| − | Lond. Times. 6: 70. Mr. 1, ’07. 270w. |
“The story is told with great fluency—too much, in fact. Throughout it resembles the last act of those congenitally three-act plays to which a fourth is added, to lengthen the entertainment till supper-time.”