| + | Dial. 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 230w. |
“The pervading tone of indulgent irony justifies the classification of this volume with the fiction which in a true sense is a criticism of life.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + + | Forum. 39: 114. Jl. ’07. 740w. |
“Is a better novel, better constructed and better written, than either ‘The island Pharisees’ or ‘The man of property,’ its plot especially, while still apparently slight, being in reality of much firmer and closer texture.”
| + + | Ind. 63: 96. Jl. 11, ’07. 460w. | |
| + | Ind. 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w. |
“Mr. Galsworthy has not produced a real hero. He has given us his Troilus. Let us hope that in his next novel he will give us his Hamlet.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 77. Mr. 8, ’07. 1150w. |
“The development of the story is workmanlike and plausible, and the whole is unfolded in a brisk, competent narrative, with savor and discretion, through the medium of a perfectly satisfactory style.”
| + | Nation. 84: 414. My. 2, ’07. 390w. |
Reviewed by Lewis Melville.