Part of the incidents in Mr. George’s story are taken from the life of his late father. “Being the son of his father and also himself, it was doubtless inevitable that Mr. George should attempt to make out of his novel a lesson in economics. His theme is the iniquity of giving public service franchises to private individuals or corporations, and the resultant political corruption.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Dealing as this novel does with the questions which are pressing for immediate solution, makes it one of the really important romances for all reformers and patriots to read.”
| + + | Arena. 37: 100. Ja. ’07. 3990w. |
“This is a wholesome novel of the life of to-day. It is we believe, the author’s first long work of fiction, altho there is nothing in the style to indicate this fact.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 170w. | |
| Nation. 83: 391. D. 8, ’06. 40w. |
“He might have cut and slashed and blue penciled a fourth of his copy with advantage to the rest. Wrapped up in the plot of Mr. George’s novel there is a good story, an exceedingly good story.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 11: 903. D. 29, ’06. 380w. |
“While there are parts of the story that too thinly for artistic effect disguise the especial message that Mr. George feels himself commissioned to utter, the tale is well told and worth telling.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 46. Ja. 5, ’07. 170w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 30w. |