“‘Katherine’ differs from his earlier books in portraying Protestant England rather than Catholic Ireland; but it conveys the same impression of being the outcome of direct, keen observation of flesh-and-blood men and women.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 25: 283. My. ’07. 510w. |
“This story, weighted with much futile philosophizing, is not exactly edifying, and its dulness is relieved by few flashes of brilliancy.” Wm. M. Payne.
| − | Dial. 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 280w. |
“Mr. Thurston takes it out of the class to which it apparently belonged, and cloaks it with the dignity of a grave psychological problem.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Forum. 39: 116. Jl. ’07. 350w. |
“It is characteristic of the horror-minded present that a writer like Mr. Thurston should dramatize the diagnosis of cancer and call it a romance.”
| − | Ind. 62: 1529. Je. 27, ’07. 210w. |
“The most striking and most interesting thing about Mr. Thurston’s book is the manner in which it is written.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 216. Ap. 6, ’07. 930w. |