“A gathering into one unusually attractive volume, from the standpoint of the maker of books, of all the knowledge which has been coming piecemeal from this prolific writer on the gentle subject through many years.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 240w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 150w. |
“It contains clear and definite instruction.”
| + + | Outlook. 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 70w. |
Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-. Dull girl’s destiny. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
The “dull girl” is twenty-six, and inexperienced, yet able to produce “novels esteemed worthy to rank as a ‘counterblast’ to the plays of Bernard Shaw.” (Ath.) “However, the interest of the story centres, not in the question whether the heroine could have written the novels of Jane Smith, but in the description of contemporary manners and the amusing sketches which the author gives us of her dramatis personae.” (Spec.)
“In liveliness and brightness the novel is much above the average.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 723. Je. 15. 190w. |
“The heavy artillery of analysis, should not be trained upon an amiable, unpretentious story of this kind, since its obvious qualities are neither subtlety nor penetration but a wholesome right-mindedness, a mild humor, and unfailing good taste.”