"Some Merry-Go-Round Music" lacks the prolonged introspection we sometimes get in [Mary Stolz's] books, but there are the unusually accurate perceptions we have come to expect, the wry wit, and a basic human kindness, an underlying compassion for families, for drab lives, and above all, for young loves and aspiration. (p. 34)

Lillian Morrison, in The New York Times Book Review, Part II (© 1959 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), November 1, 1959.