“Mr. Mighels has the meagrest equipment as a novelist, and his performance as a whole is so crude that it is scarcely worth while to consider its details.”

Critic. 47: 285. S. ‘05. 90w.

“Has style (of a sort), an interesting framework, and characterizations of no mean order of merit. This is a very vigorous book, inspired by genuine passion, and making a skilful progress to its logical conclusion.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ +Dial. 39: 115. S. 1, ‘05. 240w.

“Mr. Mighels’s work seems to us faulty in conception as well as execution, and to serve no particular purpose.”

Ind. 59: 452. Ag. 24, ‘05. 30w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 320. My. 13, ‘05. 150w.

“A hysterical novel of political corruption.”

Outlook. 80: 542. Je. 24, ‘05. 6w.

“Is a masterpiece among political novels.”

+ + +Pub. Opin. 39: 94. Jl. 15, ‘05. 180w.