“As the faults of the novel are popular, they will not interfere with its circulation.”
| + − | Ath. 1907. 1: 693. Je. 8. 230w. |
“It lacks but little of achieving distinction of style; it just misses success in portraying one of those rare women characters that really count.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + − | Bookm. 25: 391. Je. ’07. 460w. |
“On its merely human side, this is a singularly impressive and well-managed story; to the lover of trees, who can share in Elyot’s passion, it is an inexpressibly poignant tragedy.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 800w. |
“The book escapes being what it might have been, a notable piece of work; as written it is nothing but a fairly readable ‘minor novel.’”
| + − | Ind. 63: 97. Jl. 11, ’07. 180w. |
“With a subtler art than that of the descriptive writer, Miss Brooke contrives to pervade her story with the beauty and sanctity of the woods, showing them to us through the eyes of her characters, and keeping them always before us.”
| + | Lond. Times. 6: 197. Je. 21, ’07. 280w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 130w. | ||
| N. Y. Times. 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 120w. |