| + — | Dial. 39: 310. N. 16, ‘05. 200w. |
“The defects of Mrs. Thurston’s literary style and the crudity of her methods are more obvious here than in ‘The masquerader.’”
| + — | Ind. 59: 876. O. 12, ‘05. 140w. |
“Is not inferior in interest to her most widely known novel, while it greatly surpasses its predecessor in the vitality of its characters, the cohesion of its plot, the fidelity of both to possibility and its literary art.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 650. O. 7, ‘05. 380w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 140w. |
“The moral lesson is obvious, perhaps too obvious. As a story the book will not compare well in force and originality with ‘The masqueraders.’”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] “While it is not likely to run through as many editions as ‘The masquerader,’ it has a higher ambition than that absorbing modern fairy tale in that it tries to present a serious study of character as well as a series of more or less dramatic incidents.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 708. N. 25, ‘05. 100w. | |
| * | R. of Rs. 32: 759. D. ‘05. 110w. |
Thurston, Katherine Cecil. [Masquerader.] $1.50. Harper.