“It is all melodrama of a rather preposterous sort, and the hero’s conversation is a little more preposterous than anything else in the book.” Wm. M. Payne.
| − | Dial. 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 130w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 570. S. 21, ’07. 170w. |
“He wallows in adjectives, his conversations are stilted, and the actions and motives of his characters are unconvincing.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 560w. |
“Some striking situations are evolved, but the high-flown language of the hero and heroine when in peril of their lives on various occasions seems unnatural and detracts from the effect of several strong scenes.”
| + − | Outlook. 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 90w. |
Parrish, Randall. [Bob Hampton of Placer.] †$1.50. McClurg.
6–34646.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“One would like to see the same quality of narration expended upon a simpler and more natural plot.” Frederic Taber Cooper.