 The critic of "The New York Times" "waxed rhapsodic over [songs] 'that are as uncommon as most of them are beautiful'", and the "New York Evening World" called the book "wise and truly witty and genuinely romantic" and praised the beauty and freshness of the songs.Historian Stanley Green wrote that there was a "well-sustained attempt" to match the music to the plot and period.The ballads were "dainty, charming pieces."