"It is difficult to describe by any single epithet the peculiar charm which surrounds the work of the authoress of 'Elizabeth and her German Garden'....Quiet, tender, incisive, humorous....Triumphantly successful." -The Daily Telegraph "If 'Elizabeth's' satire is somewhat cruel, it is in the main justified by the situation and the results. For the moral of the story is as sound as the wit is mordant. 'The Benefactress,' in a word, combines the rare qualities of being at once wholesome, agreeably malicious, and in full accord with the principles of the Charity Organization Society." -The Spectator "Fully equal to 'Elizabeth and her German Garden'....Maintains its interest throughout, and is full of well-drawn characters." -Literature "Delightful from beginning to end. It is wholesome, full of charm and joyousness." -Standard "The writer holds the reader, not to lose her hold while a line of the book remains to be read and read again. Every character is a living individuality, and every incident is a necessity." -World "An excellent piece of work....The most amusing reading which has dome our way for some time." -Morning Post "the characters are clearly defined, and the very unfamiliarity of the eccentricities of some of them make them more entertaining. The book is, of course, extremely well written. It is full of humor and insight, and the story it tells will hold the reader to the end....One of the most attractive novels we have read in a long time." -Daily News "'The Benefactress' has the distinctive charm of its predecessor - the same unforced wit, the same wholesomeness that made 'Elizabeth's Garden' so successful a tonic for the dreary-minded." -Daily Mail