| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 146. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1680w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w. |
“One of those solid, thorough, able and workmanlike novels in which Mrs. Ward has dealt with some of the most serious matters of experience and has proved her right to claim a first position among the novelists of the day. The story needs condensation in the closing chapters, and suffers from lack of humor.”
| + + — | Outlook. 79: 771. Ap. 1, ‘05. 300w. | |
| + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 400w. |
“The book expresses, doubtless, the flower of her talent. It is full of sweet flavors. It has literary beauty of a high order. ‘The marriage of William Ashe’ is not a great story or a vigorous one. It is an absorbing one.”
| + + — | Reader. 5: 783. My. ‘05. 920w. |
“Is one of the few stories of which a measure, at least, of endurance may be predicted.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 756. Je. ‘05. 350w. |
“The book, in short, has the drawbacks not only of a roman à clef, but of a composite photograph. The most attractive and brilliant of all of Mrs. Humphry Ward’s novels. The fine literary quality of her work remains, the reader is once more charmed by the restrained eloquence of her descriptions, and impressed by the penetrating analysis of characters so essentially complex as those of Lady Kitty and Geoffrey Cliffe. But along with these familiar excellencies one notes a marked improvement in technique, a livelier movement in the handling of incident and dialogue,—in short, a greater ease, skill, and charm in presentation.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 443. Mr. 25, ‘05. 2020w. |
Ward, Wilfrid Philip. Aubrey de Vere. [*]$4.60. Longmans.