The novel was very well received, both in England and the United States. In the New York Herald Tribune, Lewis Gannett
recommended it as a book to buy, to read, to remember and...
Literary responses
Mildred Cable
The reviews of the Through Jade Gate were generally favourable. Lewis Gannett
of the New York Herald Tribune enacted a victory over the impulse to condescend: Three white-haired spinsters, preaching as they went—and they tell...
Literary responses
Mildred Cable
Reception of this book was very positive. In a review for the New York Herald Tribune, Lewis Gannett
remarked on the appeal of the tang of vigorous personality and added: In another age these...