“The facts are bald enough, but they are interpreted with much skill.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 260. S. 19, ’07. 420w. |
“There are few gleams of fascination in ‘Temptation’.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 120w. |
“That which may be most cordially praised in this novel is the author’s evidently exact and always interesting depiction of Italian country life and social customs and manners.”
| + − | Outlook. 87: 269. O. 5, ’07. 100w. |
“Although the main theme of the story is gloomy, there are many pleasant passages. The book is always interesting.”
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 401. Mr. 30, ’07. 380w. |
“Though ‘Temptation’ cannot be pronounced a pleasant book, the author must be acquitted of any desire to palter with the principles of right and wrong.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 422. Mr. 16, ’07. 840w. |