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“Catherine is a girl of quiet charm and of lifelong devotion to an ideal of romance. She quite takes hold of the readers heart, and he is glad that she loves to the end the stately, handsome, conscientious husband she has awesomely admired as a girl, and that she never penetrates the secret that he is essentially a dull and commonplace gentleman. In contrast to Catherine there are two capitally drawn elderly women, one of infernal temper and overbearing self-approval, the other of indolent and self-indulgent temperament, but exceedingly clever in character-reading and in social comment.”—Outlook.
“Readers who like little star-trimmed heroines who give the impression of having moonbeam toes and of being incapable but good will enjoy this story. The interest of the story depends upon what the characters say, not what they do.”
| − | Ind. 63: 573. S. 5, ’07. 190w. |
“Catherine is, in fact, a silly and meek and dutiful and loving little creature, one of the Amelia Sedleys who do not become extinct in life, whether they are to be found in fiction or not.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 544. Je. 13, ’07. 240w. |
“It is pleasant to be able to acknowledge so clean and sweet a book.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 500w. |
“To those who love a simple story, simply told, but with true sentiment and gentle grace, we highly commend this new novel. The story entertains but does not excite; it affords a refreshing contrast both to the problem novel and to the cloak-and-sword romance.”