The story of the contentions of two women whose husbands are rival doctors in a little English town. And in this game of chess, so maliciously carried on by the blacks, it is the queen that centers her energies, in the king’s behalf, on check-mating the king of the whites. The darkest moment for the white men is when the queen of the blacks attacks the castle of the white king’s reputation and sweeps it from the board, and it is only by steadily pushing a white pawn step by step to the king-row that the king and queen of the whites redeem the castle and check-mate the black king.
“In the effort to give greater life to the central figures the minor ones appear to have been neglected. Nevertheless we do not hesitate to commend the book.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 11. Jl. 6. 100w. |
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 26: 77. S. ’07. 1370w. |
“Having chosen a painful but live contemporary theme, he proceeds to treat it with a childish superficiality.”
| − | Nation. 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 270w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 260w. |
“A clever and forceful book this, but not entertaining, and hard as nails.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 50w. |