Benson, Edward Frederic. Paul. †$1.50. Lippincott.
6–37196.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a purposeless book and an unpleasant one. Its interest suddenly drops at the halfway point, like an underdone loaf of cake, and what is meant to be its most solemn chapter is more apt to provoke a desire to laugh.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| − | Bookm. 24: 487. Ja. ’07. 540w. | |
| Current Literature. 42: 345. Mr. ’07. 660w. |
“He deliberately constructs the first half of his plot in such a way as to produce the maximum of irritation, not to say resentment.” Herbert W. Horwill.
| + − | Forum. 38: 542. Ap. ’07. 1260w. |
“Escaped by a hair breadth writing a novel of the first rank.”
| + | Ind. 62: 46. Ja. 3, ’07. 340w. |
“The individuality and distinction of phrase are maintained, but the obtrusive ‘smartness’ which marred the first novel [‘Dodo’] has been carefully eliminated.”