“Charming and idyllic comedy which at once tickles and instructs. Mr. Howells has written no more delightful story for years.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 41. Jl. 8, 310w. |
[*] “The book is undeniably a delicate and diverting piece of satire and full of those illuminating sidelights upon human foibles and frailties that make Mr. Howells inimitable.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 21: 610. Ag. ‘05. 1500w. |
[*] “The charm of Mr. Howells’s style is the only inducement offered the ‘gentle reader’ in this book.” Charlotte Harwood.
| + — | Critic. 47: 452. N. ‘05. 240w. |
“Has a charm altogether out of proportion to its pretensions.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 39: 115. S. 1, ‘05. 280w. | |
| * | Ind. 59: 1152. N. 16, ‘05. 60w. |
“The whole thing is dainty and amusing, and the irony so suavely expended that some readers may fail to detect it, and hence be a little puzzled as to the degree of the author’s facetiousness.”
| + + + | Lit. D. 31: 187. Ag. 5, ‘05. 790w. |