+Bookm. 25: 500. Jl. ’07. 360w.

“The story is deeply moving and is related with knowledge of the life depicted and a rare degree of artistic strength.” Wm. M. Payne.

+Dial. 42: 376. Je. 16, ’07. 370w.

“A charming story, charmingly told.”

+Ind. 63: 219. Jl. 25, ’07. 280w.
+Nation. 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 370w.

“We cannot but be grateful to Mr. Oxenham for remembering mercy and for permitting his readers to close a novel of unusual sincerity and strength with minds less penetrated by the wrongs and the anguish of its hero than by his moral victory and ultimate peace.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 860w.
+N. Y. Times. 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 210w.

“He has exceeded his former work in human sympathy, quiet charm, and dramatic force. For freshness of sentiment and vividness of narrative it seems to us unexcelled by any recent romance.”

+ +Outlook. 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 360w.

“Mr. Oxenham’s vein of pathos is melodramatic—and therefore false.”