“The character drawing is excellent. There are some highly dramatic passages and the story is replete with incidents and adventures. Perhaps its greatest value lies in its worth as a careful, interesting and faithful psychological study.”
| + + + | Arena. 34: 108. Jl. ‘05. 460w. | |
| * | + | Ath. 1905, 2: 681. N. 18. 200w. |
| + | Dial. 38: 393. Je. 1, ‘05. 150w. |
“One of the best novels of the season. This book is remarkable because it is not viciously witty, altho it comes from the pen of a professional wit.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 1420. Je. 22, ‘05. 600w. |
“About the book as a whole there is a kind of sweet, old-fashioned fragrance which inclines one, no doubt for sentimental reasons, to look back on it kindly.”
| — + | Lond. Times. 4: 279. S. 1, ‘05. 300w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 275. Ap. 29, ‘05. 420w. |
“The usual intermingling of joy and sorrow, love and life, appears in the quiet story, simply told.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w. |
“It cannot be said that the story as a whole is evenly strong, or that it realizes all the climaxes that its plot affords. It is never dramatic, and it is often amateurish.”
| + | Reader. 6: 243. Jl. ‘05. 180w. | |
| + | Sat. R. 100: 442. S. 30, ‘05. 110w. |