| + + — | Acad. 68: 750. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1440w. |
“‘The fool errant’ will not make so wide an appeal to the general public as several earlier volumes of Mr. Hewlett’s. It lacks the tumultuous passion of ‘Richard yea-and-nay’, the epic bigness of the ‘Queen’s quair.’”
| + | Bookm. 22: 36. S. ‘05. 800w. |
“The novel shows, on the whole, an advance over its predecessors. Has proved, by the charm and animation of his tale, that imagination and a sense of style need not, under favourable circumstances, seriously interfere with the writing of a good novel.” Edith Wharton.
| + + — | Bookm. 22: 64. S. ‘05. 1660w. |
“It is possible, though the statement is not to be made dogmatically, that Mr. Maurice Hewlett, in all his succession of legitimately showy triumphs, has done nothing better than this history of a ‘fool.’” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
| + + + | Critic. 47: 451. N. ‘05. 370w. |
“We feel that he is simply saturated with the life of the time and the color of the environment and that he has reproduced these things with marvelous fidelity. This is the chief title of the book to praise, and a high title it is.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 39: 113. S. 1, ‘05. 510w. | |
| + — | Ind. 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 60w. |
“Told with sureness of touch and undeniable brilliance.”