“There is a marked absence of the gruesome in this cheerful little novel of murder and courtship. Furthermore, the solution of the mystery is not without originality.”
| + | Nation. 81: 122. Ag. 10, ‘05. 240w. |
“The chief faults of the book are matters of artistic finish.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 338. My. 27, ‘05. 210w. |
“In plot and management the story is quite unusual and really exciting. The love story is by no means so good.”
| + + — | Outlook. 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 100w. |
“Little more than a fairly good amateur detective story with a dash of sentiment.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 38: 869. Je. 3, ‘05. 210w. |
[*] Hill, George Francis. Pisanello. [*]$2. Scribner.
A book which offers for the first time to the English reader information about Pisanello heretofore acquired only from the Italian, French or German. The sketch of this “greatest of medallists and one of the most fascinating of Italian artists ... gives us, what we really want, the fullest and clearest account of Pisanello’s career that is available from the extant material, and a detailed characterization of his works.” (Lond. Times.)