“Mr. Marshall has conceived a sufficiently ingenious plot for his novel of mystery; but he does not succeed in gripping the attention and holding it from the start to the gasp of satisfied excitement at the finish.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 198. Mr. 4, ‘05. 200w. |
“This is an excellent story of a mystery so well and so artistically concealed that the final disclosure gives rise to a feeling of pleasure, not only at the nature of the surprise, but also at its inevitableness.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 555. My. 6, 180w. |
[*] “It all makes exciting reading.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 861. D. 2, ‘05. 260w. |
[*] “Is surprisingly good reading.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 90w. |
“Mr. Marshall is quite entertaining, his imagination is lively, and possibly he may regard the novel as a huge joke.”
| + | Sat. R. 99: 745. Je. 3, ‘05. 260w. |