“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.