“The whole book is very unequal and unfinished; the people do not live or gain the reader’s sympathy, and difficulties are avoided at the expense of truth.”
| − + | Acad. 72: 393. Ap. 20, ’07. 480w. |
“There are 340 pages in it, and not one of them is a page wasted or spoilt. It is a fine sober piece of literary workmanship, as well as an entertaining novel.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 1: 468. Ap. 20. 220w. |
“The story is smoothly and competently told, and while its basis lies in the realm of mediocre, respectable fiction, the observation of detail, if a shade shopworn, is always sufficiently correct and agreeably expressed to make the whole fairly readable—if no better novel be at hand.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07, 260w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 110w. |
“The reader will find the story completely satisfactory until the moment comes when he is told what is the particular talent to which the heroine is going to devote herself.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 625. Ap. 20, ’07. 200w. |
Boulting, William. Tasso and his times. *$2.75. Putnam.