| + | Outlook. 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 160w. |
“One of the most refreshing qualities of the story is its sanity.”
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 220. Ag. 12, ‘05. 330w. |
[*] “But one thing Prof. Herrick has achieved in spite of himself; he has somehow put,—no, hammered,—together a rough image of the American self-made man.”
| — + | R. of Rs. 32: 757. D. ‘05. 150w. |
Hess, Isabella R. St. Cecilia of the court. [†]$1.25. Revell.
“In Flanery Court, where Cecilia (otherwise Angelina Sweeney) lives, poverty rules.... Miss Hess ... has told a pathetically pretty story of the life of a poor little red-haired saint—her struggles against the hardships of life, her drunken mother, her little brother Puddin’.... There is Jim Bellway, who taught the make-believe saint, quite unconsciously, how to become a real one; and there is Mr. Daniels, who Cecilia, quite unconsciously, brought back to the straight and narrow path—and so on; and though the story wades through tears, it nevertheless ends in a burst of sunshine.”—N. Y. Times.
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 648. S. 30, ‘05. 200w. |
“Touches portraying the generosity, loyalty, and cheerfully borne privations of the poor are the best feature of this story of New York tenement life.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 136. S. 16, ‘05. 70w. |