Anthony Boucher, writing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, called the book "most misleadingly titled; it is not an anthology edited by de Camp, but a group of six de Camp stories selected by H. J.
Anthony Boucher, writing for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, criticized the book's title as misleading, stating that it was not an anthology edited by de Camp, but rather a selection of six stories by de Camp chosen by H.J.