“It is bright, unconventional narrative, and would be better if the writing were more coherent and less ‘highfalutin.’ But it is agreeable enough.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 617. N. 16. 130w. |
“Offers another study of feminine self-consciousness, superimposed, in this instance, upon a perverted and, and at times, amusingly naïve hero-worship.” George Gladden.
| − | Bookm. 25: 623. Ag. ’07. 140w. |
“We can unreservedly praise her for her quick wit and catching humor, for her thorough-going sportsman-like manner, and for the literary graces of good composition.” H. E. Coblentz.
| + | Dial. 43: 212. O. 1, ’07. 380w. |
“The views of Nimrod’s wife partake still of the charm of comparative novelty.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w. |
“Certainly with safety and entire truthfulness it may be affirmed of Mrs. Thompson Seton’s animal anecdotes that they are at least good reading—and that in these intimate and formal records of camp life and travel she has so well preserved the atmosphere of close companionship with woods and waters that, even to the uninitiated, what is after all the chief charm of sport with gun and rod is made quite clear.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 210w. |