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“The interest ... lies in the fresh illustration of the old question, should a moral and spiritual monster, abnormal in subtlety and wickedness be allowed to exist to the menace of the common good? Again, is it a crime, or at least justifiable to cut short the intolerable agony of a dying human creature, if the conscience upholds the deed? These problems play an important part in the story of Dr. Gordon, a man naturally charitable and broadminded, but warped by an evil influence out of his original happy attitude towards life.”—Acad.
“Although she has the magic touch that adorns every subject she writes about, it must be admitted she has no peculiar gift for melodramatic fiction. ‘Doctor Gordon’ is a capital story, with scenes and characters out of the common run.”
| + − | Acad. 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 310w. |
“A stocking is not a stocking when it has been raveled, but merely a skein of crumpled thread; just so, this book holds attention while one reads it, but having finished, it seems a rather poor affair as compared with some of Mrs. Freeman’s other stories.”
| − + | Ind. 62: 158. Ja. 17, ’07. 500w. | |
| Lit. D. 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 120w. | ||
| Lond. Times. 6: 119. Ap. 12, ’07. 320w. |
“Miss Wilkins’ delicate talent is incongruous with the wildness of her plot. Altogether, we look back regretfully to the middle-aged lovers and the engaging pet cats of the author’s earlier stories.”
| − + | Sat. R. 103: 498. Ap. 20, ’07. 130w. |
Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor. Fair Lavinia and others. †$1.25. Harper.