[On Tour is] just as enjoyable as the author's description of her childhood; here the account of the Strangeways family is picked up at the end of World War I. Isobel is an artist, Louise is getting married, and Victoria (the author) is prepared to battle at the vicarage on behalf of her desire to be an actress. Surprisingly, no battle. The autobiography goes on, with a sort of wry relish, to describe Victoria Strangeways' theatrical career: her flapper days in London while studying, the local tour, and the tours in Africa and Australia. A vivid picture of the nineteen-twenties, of theatrical life, and of the Strangeways family. (pp. 170-71)

Zena Sutherland, "New Titles for Children and Young People: 'On Tour'," in Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (reprinted by permission of The University of Chicago Press; copyright 1966 by The University of Chicago), Vol. 19, No. 10, June, 1966, pp...