“So long as their lives proceed quietly the book is delightful, and the true tragedy of its end is the tragedy of a fine novel spoilt.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 29. Ja. 25, ’07. 1090w. |
“It is to be regretted that the writer did not more nearly confine himself to the main theme. The supernumerary persons ... are too many and too much in the way.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 400w. |
“Here is the ‘Whirlwind’ ... thrashing out the same familiar subjects with still enough of freshness and originality to make the reading of it an unexpectedly pleasing task.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 191. Mr. 30, ’07. 570w. |
“At his best and at his worst—at his best in true and faithful presentation of the Dartmoor country and the Dartmoor rustics, at his worst because there are breaks in the psychology, inconsistencies between character and action, abrupt tragedy more startling than real.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 140w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 765. Je. ’07. 90w. |
Phillpotts, Eden, and Bennett, Enoch Arnold. Doubloons. †$1.50. McClure.
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