“Bears the unmistakable Benson stamp in conception and execution. As a tour de force in the portrayal of love-madness at the summit of its absurdity, the little book is a sort of curiosity.”
| + − | Dial. 42: 343. Je. 1, ’07. 610w. |
“An interesting study of the morbid and irritating type. As a reductio ad absurdum of the artistic temperament theory, the book has merit.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 590. Je. 27, ’07. 490w. |
“Not a manly enough character to arouse much admiration in the reader’s mind. But it painted, with all its curious limitations and contradictions, very clearly and convincingly.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 380w. |
“Take it all in all, is pretty thin gruel, fit for an invalid, maybe, but not very tasty at that. They do these things better on the continent, you know.” Florence Wilkinson.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 350. Je. 1, ’07. 1900w. |
“A very clever book this.”
| + | Spec. 98: 804. My. 18, ’07. 180w. |