• "It would be hard to find a more unequal writer in her limited field than Miss Braddon, who acquired a certain amount of contemporary fame with ‘Aurora Floyd,' and has since written as poor novels as any unknown and speedily-forgotten beginner at the art or trade." (84)
• "In comparison with the foregoing [ Braddon's ‘Hostage to Fortune'], a story like Wilhelm von Hillern's ‘Geier-Wally' stands out as a masterly production." (85)

Pamela E. Bedore