| + + | Dial. 38: 18. Ja. 1, ‘05. 260w. | |
| + + | Ind. 58: 437. F. 23, ‘05. 1160w. |
[*] “Aside from the literary shop talk in this novel the author has touched the heights and depths of inspiration. This is why parts of the book seem to sag so woefully.”
| + — | Ind. 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 130w. |
“The aim is high, the treatment is eminently appropriate, the interest absorbing.”
| + + | Lit. D. 31: 317. S. 2, ‘05. 1010w. |
Reviewed by H. I. Brock.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1150w. |
“Pervaded by ... seriousness of invention and stamped with the distinction of high-class workmanship. This story has great nobility of spirit; although somewhat too elaborate, it is a novel to be reckoned as one of the real things of the time.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 772. Ap. 1, ‘05. 140w. |
“It is to be regretted that the story, as a whole, does not reach the height achieved by the characterization. The impression one receives from the whole production is that of a tremendous and generous power; a power that includes humor, wit, analytical and philosophical power, scholarship, vivid and trenchant strength in characterization. Something that critics call ‘fusion’ ... is absent from the book, or is not there in full.”