“Where he fails, it is for lack of the supreme touch of art, not of the high and ardent intention.”
| + | Critic. 47: 284. S. ‘05. 450w. |
“It is characteristic Gissing, but not good Gissing. His familiar effects are reproduced in a fainter form than of old, and there are no new effects indicating how, with further experiences of life, his talents would have developed.”
| + — | Lond. Times. 4: 209. Je. 30, ‘05. 660w. |
“Each character, however lightly touched, is true, true to a hair, stepping forth from the page a rounded, breathing figure. It is excellent in workmanship and large of vision.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 487. Jl. 22, ‘05. 590w. |
“Certainly it leaves one with a warmer personal feeling toward the author than did some of his earlier and abler books.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 644. Jl. 8, ‘05. 110w. |
“Although not by any means the best of his books, shows no failure in power.”
| + | Sat. R. 100: 251. Ag. 19, ‘05. 600w. | |
| + | Spec. 95: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 750w. |