There is much that is charming, accurate and often very funny in "Alfred and Guinevere." It is a tenuous little summer's tale. The protagonists are a brother and sister, and the action is conveyed either through dialogue or by Guinevere's diary….

Mr. Schuyler has an excellent ear for young dialogue, and one of the chief charms of the book is the deadpan conversation, repetitive, rhythmic, delightfully recognizable….

James (Marcus) Schuyler 1923– © Christopher Cox

Throughout the book there is an all-pervading sense of the pull between affection and irritation in what is drearily known as "sibling rivalry"—a pedantic term which somehow seems to have no connection with the realness of the two children. Mr. Schuyler is to be congratulated on an amusing book….

Jane Cobb, "Things Kept Happening," in The New York Times Book Review (© 1958 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), April 20, 1958, p. 34.