“The small volume is packed with jokes of the kind visible without a glass.”

+N. Y. Times. 10: 203. Ap. 1, ‘05. 40w.

“Here and there are some love scenes very human, very delicately wrought. Briefly, ‘The matrimonial bureau’ is like the ‘Summer girl,’ passing fair, fair but passing.”

+N. Y. Times. 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 330w.

“It is an excellent book for summer reading, being as light as air.”

+ —N. Y. Times. 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

“A book of the slightest sort, hardly comedy, more accurately described perhaps as a summer farce.”

+ —Outlook. 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w.

“As a literary soufflé, light, well-flavored and well-browned, this little story will be a tasty addition to the midsummer feast of reading.”

+Reader. 6: 359. Ag. ‘05. 190w.