SOURCE: A review of The Hampdenshire Wonder in The Bookman, September 11, 1911, pp. 263-64.

In the following review, the anonymous critic offers praise for Beresford's characterization in The Hampdenshire Wonder.

Mr. Beresford, we take it, was unknown until six months ago, when he produced Jacob Stahl. Now Jacob was an admirable example of the bioscopic method, but it never could have prepared any of us for the advent of this amazing Wonder-child. Figure to yourself a professional cricketer who bowls better than any one else in the world, and has suddenly the misfortune to lose a finger. A man of remarkable character in many ways, he concentrates his will on having a son who shall be born without habits. The idea is, you must know, that the son will learn everything that his father can teach him and will furthermore, being born without habits, find himself enabled to start...