The plot of the story is meager rather than simple and this detracts something from an otherwise praiseworthy effort. The best part of the picture is the number of fine outdoor settings, in the selection of which this company seems to be singularly fortunate. The old mill and the scenes on the water are extremely pretty, the acting of the parents and the children of the widower is good, the parts of the widower and his proposed fiancée are not so well taken. Small blame, however, attaches to the actor, for the parts had no possibilities even for an artist of the greatest talent. One always likes to see pretty scenery and good photography, but they should always be a means and never an end. Here the story is subordinated to scenic effects and the climax, if climax there is at all, is distinctly disappointing. - The Moving Picture World, November 4, 1911
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