| + + | Acad. 73: 707. Jl. 20, ’07. 300w. |
“The author appeals insistently to our intelligence and sympathy, and has produced an exceptionally good novel.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 1: 630. My. 25. 150w. |
“In spite of the fancifulness of the plot and the conventionality of the hero the book is not a silly one.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 260w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w. |
“Altogether it is such a book in its literary and artistic quality as American novelists do not seem able to write—or, if they can write such a book, which they are not able to get published. The get-up of the book deserves a word of reproof. Its proof-reading is so atrocious. errors frequently marring the sense, as to be a disgrace.”
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 677. O. 26, ’07. 810w. |
“The ethics of a man, who is represented as ‘possessing the code of honor of a gentleman,’ seem peculiar. This is the only weak spot in the story that maintains its hold on the reader throughout. The character-painting is clever, the dialogue natural, and the humor gentle and pleasing.”
| + + − | Outlook. 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 190w. |
“Will do nothing to lower the high reputation which Miss Silberrad has made in the ranks of the novel-writers of to-day.”