“Contains a series of essaylike conversations on the subject of the many-sided phases and attractions of the typical person who came to be generally known a dozen years ago as ‘the new woman.’” (N. Y. Times.) “Sitting with Egeria and her friends in her ‘sweet, sedate, secluded’ garden, or around her birchwood fires, the reader may hear much good talk on subjects as old as the story of Joseph and as new as the balefulness of woman’s economic dependence.... A pretty wisp of story binds all the parts together.” (Nation.)
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 138. My. ’07. |
“Short crisp chapters of conversational give and take.”
| + | Dial. 42: 345. Je. 1, ’07. 290w. |
“These conversations of Egeria and her friends are thoroughly delightful. The pages sparkle. Epigram is kept within bounds, and the style is natural and pure. The book is of the sort that makes waste paper of whole shelves full of ‘smart-set’ fiction.”
| + + | Lit. D. 34: 640. Ap. 20, ’07. 280w. |
“A book by a woman largely about ‘us women’ naturally contains a good deal about ‘you men.’ But never does it fall into the humor-lacking acridities of its class. The proof-reading leaves very much to be desired.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 292. Mr. 28, ’07. 380w. |
“A series of clever conversations.”