| + — | Acad. 68: 664. Je. 24, ‘05. 420w. |
“The chief distinguishing quality of the story, however, is found in the literary and artistic merit rather than in its ethical worth. Clearly it is a tale written to amuse. The author possesses a peculiarly brilliant and finished style.”
| + | Arena. 34: 107. Jl. ‘05. 430w. |
“It is clever throughout, despite the sentimentalism.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 587. My. 13. 280w. |
“It is a refreshingly whimsical book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + — | Bookm. 21: 364. Je. ‘05. 670w. |
“The story is intensely interesting from first to last, besides being rich in the sort of literary and scholarly allusiveness that appeals most strongly to the cultivated mind.” William Morton Payne.
| + + | Dial. 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 820w. | |
| Ind. 59: 335. Ag. 10, ‘05. 60w. |
“It is entirely original in conception, and the plot is carried out with great skill. The conversations are particularly clever.”