“Nearly all the men are hard, if not brutal. As to woman. Miss Smedley’s opinion of her potentialities is nowhere in doubt. Yet she does not obtrude it.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 85. Mr. 15, ’07. 740w. |
“The present story is weakened by exaggerations—possibly it is a lack of assurance in dealing with realities. There is a certain integrity about the book; a definite idea and purpose. It is an attack on false ideals of womanhood ... and while the plot presents no very convincing solution, the story touches the interest because the writer had something genuine to say.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 287. My. 4, ’07. 460w. |
“Miss Smedley is decidedly clever; she has an eye for character, a vivacious style and other valuable gifts, but her talent totters under the burden of the abstract proposition she has undertaken to demonstrate.” Vernon Atwood.
| − + | Putnam’s. 2: 617. Ag. ’07. 460w. |
“The critic cannot but regret that a story with so promising an opening should not attain to the level which seems to be promised by the first few chapters.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 579. Ap. 13, ’07. 160w. |
Smith, A. Croxton. British dogs at work; with 20 full-page il. in colour by G. Vernon Stokes. *$3. Macmillan.
“A brief history is given in the first chapter of ‘Man’s first friend.’ Then come discussions of kennels and their construction, how to buy a dog, the feeding and rearing of the animals, their general management, hounds at work, shooting dogs, the terriers, the science of breeding, and a description of some of the common dog ailments. Among the twenty dogs described and portrayed are the pointer, otter hound, deerhound, English setter, Clumber and Sussex spaniels, Irish setter, retriever, bulldog, and collie.”—N. Y. Times.