Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust, Part I. In The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Vol 2. New York: W. W. Norton, 1985: 476-566. This play by a famous German writer is one of the best-known treatments of the Faustus legend in literature.

Marlowe, Christopher. The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. In The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 1. New York: W. W. Norton, 1962. This contemporary of Shakespeare wrote one of the earliest plays about the Doctor Faustus theme. In On the Devil's Court, the main character is assigned this play in school.

The following publications give brief, evaluative reviews of On the Devil's Court: Booklist 85 (December 15, 1988): 703.

Children's Book Review Service 17 (February 1989): 79.

Horn Book Magazine 65 (March 1989): 216.

Journal of Reading 33 (1989): 70.

Kirkus Review 57 (January 1, 1989): 47.

Publishers Weekly 234 (November 11, 1988): 60.

School Library Journal 35 (January 1989): 92.

Voice of Youth Advocates 12 (April 1989): 27.

Wilson Library Bulletin 64 (Summer 1989): 11.