[*] “Will be liked by children.”
| + | Critic. 47: 576. D. ‘05. 30w. |
[*] “A collection of wonder stories told in a simple and familiar way, but with a touch of poetry, a little play of imagination, and a refinement of feeling which separate them from most works of the same kind.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 40w. |
[*] Brown, Alice. Paradise. [†]$1.50. Houghton.
“Here, in a little story of country life and country character, we have at least five personalities clearly and entertainingly sketched, with a story of love, disappointment, and sacrifice, at times poignant in its depth of feeling, but nevertheless always treated with an underlying sense of humor.... Almost all of the characters are quaint and in a gentle way queer.” (Outlook.) The heroine is an orphan, who, after a varied experience is trying to train herself as a nurse.
[*] “The end rallies to a justification of the beginning, and stamps the whole as a little human document of fine quality.”
| + | Nation. 81: 488. D. 14, ‘05. 280w. |
[*] “The present story is not quite as ambitious to fill the place of a fully rounded-out novel as some of its predecessors, but it is perhaps none the less acceptable for that reason.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 140w. |