Florence L. Barclay's books contain a wealth of charm and true romance, and in the subtle interpretation of the deeper sentiments and motives of the human heart she has few peers among contemporary authors.

"We advise our readers to be sure to read this book, because it appears to us to be a masterwork. Yes, it is a love story - which begins with a great Christmas sermon and which ends with a great Christmas happiness." -Chicago Inter-Ocean

"Still easily leads the way in current fiction in England." -The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record

"A Christmas love story by the author of 'The Rosary' in which a young preacher, supplying a New Hampshire pulpit for a time before his departure to do missionary work in the wilds of Africa, touches the heart of a proud young woman during his Christmas sermon on the text 'When they saw the stary, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy....And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him their treasures. They presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.' The text becomes the theme of their lives, wedded, separated, and reunited after bitter experiences that chasten and soften and purify." -Book Review Digest

"Readers who liked 'The Rosary' will enjoy it for its sincere religious feeling, high moral tones and abounding sentiment." -Booklist

"The author of 'The Rosary' is practically sure of a following, and it is quite likely that this semi-religous...novel will repeat the success of her earlier books....It leads two lovers, who, though married, have never told their love, through ways of suffering renunciation, into a paradise of unexpected happiness, and that is enough to score the triumph." -Christian Register

"Powerful in characterization and finished in workmanship." -Unity

"The story of a proud and wilful beauty who was attracted to a South African missionary through a Christmas sermon and got him to marry her to save her inheritance, which would otherwise have gone to a distant relative under the fantastic conditions of her uncle's will. After marrying she lost her pride and wilfulness and became a devout Christian and a loving wife." -The Delineator