| − | Acad. 72: 416. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w. |
“She has taken her public too cheaply.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 535. My. 1. 190w. |
“The story is not only short, but jejune and projected on a low level; though it may be granted, freely, that the presentation is powerful, the few characters well marked, and the plot simple and logically worked out.”
| − + | Cath. World. 85: 550. Jl. ’07. 580w. |
“The wild improbability of the plot and the essentially childish nature of the whole story make it barren as a subject for criticism.”
| − | Lit. D. 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 80w. |
“Mrs. Thurston possesses imagination and a laudable desire to skip the dull parts; explanations, for instance.”
| − | Nation. 84: 389. Ap. 25, ’07. 280w. |
“Is rather a disappointment to those who have read ‘The gambler’ and ‘The masquerader.’”