| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 178. Ag. 17. 890w. |
“Her pages present no evidence of her right to undertake the serious task in question; rather they give us reason to think that neither the faculty of clearly and logically presenting facts, nor the power of sympathetically appreciating Catherine Benincasa, has been granted to the saint’s latest biographer.”
| − | Cath. World. 86: 254. N. ’07. 100w. |
“Miss Roberts ... brings a large store of knowledge and no small literary skill to her congenial task.”
| + | Ind. 62: 1416. Je. 13, ’07. 160w. |
“The way in which this new ‘Life’ of her absorbs one, seeming to transmit her force and charm, is the best proof of the author’s excellence. It would, indeed, be hard to find an historical biography better done.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 65. Mr. 1, ’07. 630w. |
“Readable, vivacious life. References to volume and page of the works quoted are rarely given and, on the whole, one is forced to the conclusion that the historian’s well-documented life of St. Catherine is yet to be published. Throughout the book there are evidences of careless proof-reading.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 224. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w. |
“The book, in short, is more interesting than informing. It fails to leave a distinct impression of St. Catherine.”