'She is a writer with a profound understanding of the human heart. She understands men; and, more than this, she understands women. . . . For those who weary of the conventional fiction, and who long for something out of the ordinary run of things, these are tales that carry the zest of living.'—Bostom Beacon.
'It is not a book for babes and sucklings, since it cuts deep into rather dangerous soil; but it is refined and skilful . . . strikes a very true and touching note of pathos.'—Westminster Gazette.
'The author of these able word sketches is manifestly a close observer of Nature's moods, and one, moreover, who carefully takes stock of the up-to-date thoughts that shake mankind.'—Daily Telegraph.
'Not since the "Story of an African Farm" was written by any woman delivered herself of so strong, so forcible a book.'—Queen.
'Powerful pictures of human beings living to—day, full of burning pain, and thought, and passion.'—Bookman.
'A work of genius. There is upon the whole thing a stamp of downright inevitableness as of things which must be written, and written exactly in that way.'—Speaker.
'"Keynotes" is a singularly clever book.'—Truth.
'We welcome the light and merry pen of Miss Farr as one of the deftest that has been wielded in the style of to-day. She has written the cleverest and the most cynical sensation story of the season.'—Liverpool Daily Post.
'Slight as it is, the story is, in its way, strong.'—Literary World.
'Full of bright paradox, and paradox which is no mere topsy-turvy play upon words, but the product of serious thinking upon life. One of the cleverest of recent novels.'—Star.
'It is full of epigrammatic effects, and it has a certain thread of pathos calculated to win our sympathy.'—Queen.
'The story is subtle and psychological after the fashion of modern psychology; it is undeniably clever and smartly written.'—Gentlewoman.
'No one can deny its freshness and wit. Indeed there are things in it here and there which John Oliver Hobbes herself might have signed without loss of reputation.'—Woman.
'There is a lurid power in the very unreality of the story. One does not quite understand how Lady Geraldine worked herself up to shooting her lover, but when she has done it, the description of what passes through her mind is magnificent.'—Athenæum.
'Written by an obviously clever woman.'—Black and White.
'Miss Farr has talent. "The Dancing Faun" contains writing that is distinctively good. Doubtless it is only a prelude to something much stronger.'—Academy.
'As a work of art the book has the merit of brevity and smart writing; while the dénouement is skilfully prepared, and comes as a surprise. If the book had been intended as a satire on the "new woman" sort of literature, it would have been most brilliant; but assuming it to be written in earnest, we can heartily praise the form of its construction without agreeing with the sentiments expressed.'—St. James's Gazette.
'Shows considerable power and aptitude.'—Saturday Review.
