“It is a good and interesting tale.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 685. Je. 3. 330w. |
“It is very delicate and exacting material that Mr. Garland has chosen for his latest novel, and very crudely has he handled it.”
| — | Critic. 47: 284. S. ‘05. 70w. |
“With all his exposition, Mr. Garland does not make clear his own view of spiritualism, and, by closing the story where he does, he evades the most difficult of the problems which he raises.” Herbert W. Horwill.
| + — | Forum. 37: 113. Jl. ‘05. 310w. | |
| — | Ind. 59: 575. S. 7, ‘05. 200w. |
“The scientific portions of the book are the finest and the most absorbing.”
| + | Nation. 81: 122. Ag. 10, ‘05. 470w. |
“Regarded as fiction simply ‘The tyranny of the dark’ is too much encumbered with laborious arguments and citations. Has told his story well.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 343. My. 27, ‘05. 530w. |