Chapter 72

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A collection of war poems under the subtitle “sketches of courage and comradeship,” mostly hospital scenes full of pathos and touches of humor. Contents: The upper room; The pipe and the fire; Angeline; April hearts; The hidden wound; Trees; Baldur the bright god; Winged heels; Ninette and Rintintin; Deferred payment; “Soldiers three”; Biddle’s kid; The good brown earth; The roll of honour; Pudgyfist visits the hospital; Lights out; The pie lady; “Every dog has his day”; “All in the blue unclouded weather”; Buddies; The shadow of the cloud; “Men of good will.”

“The wounded doughboys are depicted with humor, sympathy, and originality, but the free verse form often degenerates into literal and banal prose.”

“The tribute is beautiful in spirit, beautiful in expression.”

LEE, JAMES MELVIN, ed. Business writing. (Language for men of affairs) il $4 Ronald 808

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This volume has been prepared by a number of writers connected with the business department of colleges, and with business periodicals and is intended to help business men to write reports, articles for trade papers, make effective speeches at dinners, conventions or clubs, and to instruct advertising writers. The seven divisions of the book are headed: Essentials of writing; The reinforcement of reading; Letter for men of affairs; Report-writing; Advertising copy; The journalism of business; Mechanical and incidental. The appendices consist of bibliographies for both volumes and there is an index. The companion volume on “Talking business” is by John Mantle Clapp.

LEE, JENNETTE BARBOUR (PERRY) (MRS GERALD STANLEY LEE).Chinese coat. *$1.75 (6c) Scribner

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To Eleanor More and her husband, Richard, a blue Chinese coat that she could not afford to buy became a kind of a symbol. The desire to give it to her stayed with her husband all thru their early married life—while their family was growing up and even after the children were men and women. Their pilgrimage to a far country to at last gain possession of the coat is the climax of a story which is part allegory and part romance.

“A quiet tale of married life told with a charming simplicity and a touch of symbolism.”

“Companionable, sweet and comfortable, filling the mind with dreams of times when, unwillingly and under pressure, we were forced to let the great desire go.”

“A sweet little story, charmingly told, and illustrating the lovable qualities of husband and wife.”

“A story that is remarkably compact and sustained in interest throughout. Throughout it is woven the glimmering web of poetry, and this is due partly to the theme itself and partly to the simplicity of the prose. One feels upon reading the story that Mrs Lee possesses unsuspected talents. The idealism and symbolic qualities of ‘The Chinese coat’ are never in doubt. It is a book to be read.”

“A charmingly simple story that has just enough of a plot to hold it together.”

LEE, VERNON, pseud. (VIOLET PAGET).Satan the waster. *$2.50 Lane 822

20–16301

Vernon Lee’s satirical allegory, “The ballet of the nations,” was published in 1915 and was reviewed in the Book Review Digest at that time. It is now reprinted here, with prologue and epilogue which take account of the deeper causes leading to the war and of the chaos that has followed it. In the trilogy thus completed Satan appears as “the waster of human virtues.” And since the greater and more useless the waste, the greater his delight, he finds his chief joy in self-sacrifice which is vain, and the author, who in the furnace of the war has come to doubt and question all accepted values, suggests that what the world needs in place of self-sacrifice is that altruism “which is respect for the other rather than renunciation of the self.” This and other philosophical aspects of the war are discussed in the Introduction and in the notes which follow the play.

“We are casting about for a reason why a book so honest, intelligent, well-written, clever, should not stimulate but depress, should be a tiresome book. We may mention that the masque, ‘Satan the waster,’ occupies 110 pages out of about 340; the remainder consists of introduction and notes. That is a damning—or at least a damnable—fact.” F. W. S.

“It is an interesting discussion of our international imbecilities and sets forth with pomp those precise opinions whose less elegant expression recently sent several hundred Americans to jail.”

“Enormously stimulating and quickening book. It ought to be one of the real factors in that spiritual re-adjustment which is now a major democratic necessity.” F. H.

“Her satire fails because never from beginning to end can the reader believe in it. It is merely an expression of her opinions in a very artificial form; and, whether or no we agree with them, we would rather have them expressed in the natural form of argument.”

“It embodies the reaction to the world war of one of the sanest minds and most finished stylists of her day. One who compares Romain Rolland’s dramatic satire ‘Liluli’ with this work, is struck with the similarity in purpose, in point of view, in fundamental concept, and even in their common form of cosmic burlesque. Neither the great Frenchman nor the great Englishwoman has written a ‘play’ in the ordinary sense, but each has made an uncommon contribution to literature.”

LEES, GEORGE ROBINSON.Life of Christ. il *$5 Dodd 232

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Considering it of supreme importance to be able to visualize the scenery amid which the life of Christ was laid, the writer of this volume spent six years in Palestine during which he learned “how real was the life of Christ in the scenes depicted in the records of the Evangelist.” Thus with much local and historic coloring the life of Jesus is reinterpreted from the accounts of the apostles which are closely followed. The book is indexed and has one hundred and twenty-five full page illustrations.

“Inevitably it provokes comparison with Renan in point of literary style, if not in actual treatment, for Mr Lees is a convinced believer. His style fails badly by the test. Though a book of this kind is not greatly to our taste, we cannot but acknowledge the author’s devotion.”

“His narrative is plain, simple, understandable, but not marked by either remarkable scholarship or remarkable insight.”

LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD.Junk-man, and other poems. *$1.75 Doubleday 811

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With a wealth of imagery and a poet’s wisdom all life is mirrored in these poems in the time-honored garb of rhyme and metre. The first line of the poem “On re-reading Le morte d’Arthur,” “Here learn who will the art of noble words” can be applied to this collection, the author’s first since the war.

“If his extreme youth was a little hectic with the heady wine of passion his maturity has grown beautifully sane with the philosophic mind. He was never more youthful than now, when he has recaptured the song of the lark, regained the lightness of foot that measures the pace of any gypsy up hill and down dale, and with an eye for illusions that any lover might envy.” W: S. Braithwaite

“It is a sad day for poetry when an authentic craftsman attains such facility that he writes from sheer momentum. This, we suspect, is what has happened in the case of Mr Richard Le Gallienne, whose new book, ‘The junkman’ is the mere shell of poetry—the forms without the feeling.” L. B.

“It is compact with beauty, filled with all those things that we instinctively know to be the real marks of authentic poetry. The flare, the passion, the abiding sense of things that may not readily be put into words, are all here. It is the sort of poetry that endures, that becomes memorable and takes place in the memories and hearts of its readers.” H. S. Gorman

“A collection of verse that equals anything this prolific author has done.”

LEIGHTON, JOHN LANGDON.Simsadus: London; the American navy in Europe. il *$4 (11c) Holt 940.45

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“Sims—Admiral—U.S.” explains the title of the book. It was the cable address of Admiral Sims’ headquarters in London. The author was connected with the Intelligence section of Admiral Sims’ staff and as such is conversant with the inside facts and history of our naval operations. The book gives his personal impressions and disclaims official sanction. A partial list of the contents: The situation in April, 1917; Admiral Sims in London; The establishment of bases; Submarines off the American coast; A discussion of submarines and their methods; The distraction of submarines; Why American troopships were not sunk; The end of the submarine campaign; The man on the bridge (in homage); Appendix, charts and illustrations.

“After the host of war books which have kept our heads buzzing with anecdotes and statistics incoherently packed into a jumbled whole it is not only refreshing but instructive to read a clear, sane, and comprehensive exposition of our naval activities in Europe as set forth by Mr Leighton.” P. E. Stevenson

“It is something of a relief to find a war-book that does not strain one’s nerves, or overwhelm one with facts, and that has hardly any note in it of propaganda, or eulogy, or criticism. Mr Leighton has given a clear-cut, well-ordered account of what our navy did in connection with the British navy.”

“Pervading his book is a whole-hearted devotion to his chief, which goes beyond mere professional loyalty and suggests kinship with the spirit that surrounded Nelson. Readers of Admiral Sims’s own book can hardly fail to discern the secret of this spirit and it is pleasant to find it reflected from the pages of his subordinate.”

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM TUFNELL.Doctor of Pimlico; being the disclosure of a great crime. *$1.75 Macaulay co.

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“Weirmarsh is a criminal who operates all over the continent of Europe, as well as in England, and, possessing certain hypnotic powers, he finds it easy to bend other wills to his for his own profit. So not only is Sir Hugh Elcombe—with his splendid record as a British officer in several hard campaigns, including the great war just ended—made a pitiful object by his fear of an ‘exposure’ by Weirmarsh, but Sir Hugh’s beautiful stepdaughter, Enid Orlebar, who seems to be a perfect example of the high-class modern English girl is also under his baleful shadow. She is loved by the middle-aged cosmopolite who is intended to be the hero of the book. He is a talented author of mystery romances which bring him an income of several thousand pounds sterling a year. His real name, under which he writes, is Walter Fetherston. But he has a penchant for amateur detective work—he avers that he always ‘lives’ his romances—and when he is engaged in trying to get to the bottom of some criminal mystery he calls himself John Maltwood.”—N Y Times

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

“The story rambles on—always fluent and in well-chosen terms, with colorful pictures of various localities in Europe obviously made by one who knows them personally, but singularly deficient in suspense, dramatic action, humor, or any other of the qualities which make for real interest in an up-to-date work of fiction.”

LESCOHIER, DON DIVANCE.Labor market. (Social science text-books) *$2.25 Macmillan 331

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“The purpose of this volume is to show the necessity for a national organization to control the problem of employment. In the course of his discussion the author presents much information concerning conditions of the labor market in this country and offers many suggestions to officials of employment offices, university students and teachers, legislators and the general public.”—R of Rs

“The book is an authoritative and constructive study of an important question; and its essential merit lies in the fact that it is based on experience. The general aspects of the question, however, are not neglected and the bibliography and references show that the subject has been studied as a whole.” G: M. Janes

“The subject is covered very fully and is presented in a popular style. Will be valuable to labor managers, students of economics, and progressive business executives.”

“Of interest to all students of practical economic questions.”

“A workmanlike book ... that fills a gap in economic literature.”

“It is neither novel nor exciting. It is a sober and well-balanced study of the way in which the sale of labor in the employment market is organized. If Mr Lescohier’s book has a fault, it is his inclination to regard the general background of the present industrial system as permanent. But as a survey of machinery Mr Lescohier’s book is of real value.” H. J. Laski

“In this volume Professor Lescohier has rendered a singularly opportune public service. It is enormously important to have available at this time such a clear discussion of the nature of the labor market and of the significance for the country of the sundry labor and immigration policies proposed.”

LESLIE, NOEL.Three plays: Waste; The war fly; For king and country. *$1.50 Four seas co. 822

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There is tragedy in all of these realistic one-act plays. In Waste we have a dying consumptive girl whose last hours see a grief and poverty-stricken mother, a drunken father, and her lover turning from her to her younger sister. In the War-fly two strangers meet in a hotel restaurant and the one entertains the other with a gruesome fancy about flies as the devil’s emmisaries. In For King and country an aged village couple have one son returned from the war blind and while they are discussing the future of the other son and his war bride this other is brought home mad.

“Each and all of his three plays reveal him as a playwright with ideas, and as one whose own acting has enabled him to see dramatic values and to cause them to live in plays of his own. There is the reality of life in them as well as a feeling for the theatre that makes them actable. They hit the centre of the target.” A. A. W.

“Of Mr Noel’s three one-act plays the second, The war-fly, is quite dark in drift and meaning and so one suspects that neither matters greatly. His first and third plays, on the contrary, Waste and For king and country, are drenched with significance because they strain after no symbolism and are philosophical because they are true.”

“The three plays contained in Noel Leslie’s book are rather exasperating. In each one of them the author handles an excellent theme, makes fair headway with it and then does not quite realize the possibilities of his plots.”

“The plays are set with an actor’s solicitude, and each begins with a promise which is overcast by partial disappointment.”

“They really are workmanlike in structure, are well written, and display some grasp of character and ability to devise dramatic situations. In ‘The war fly,’ the author shows that he can devise a tragic fantasy of some original power.”

LEVEL, MAURICE.Tales of mystery and horror. il *$2 (3½c) McBride

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These stories are translated from the French by Alys Eyre Macklin. Henry B. Irving provides an introduction in which he says: “Reminding one of Edgar Allan Poe more than any other, M. Level employs the method of O. Henry in the service of the horrible.” The stories, which are all brief—have the titles: The debt collector; The kennel; Who? Illusion; In the light of the red lamp; A mistake; Extenuating circumstances; The confession; The test; Poussette; The father; For nothing; In the wheat; The beggar; Under chloroform; The man who lay asleep; Fascination; The bastard; That scoundrel Miron; The taint; The kiss; A maniac; The 10.50 express; Blue eyes; The empty house; The last kiss.

“He has Poe’s predilection for supernatural and gruesome themes, something of de Maupassant’s technique of compression, a flair for the ‘irony of fate’ formula, which was so characteristic of O. Henry’s plot, and a kinship with Burke’s nostalgie de la boue. But there the likeness ends, he has none of the qualities mentioned in a degree sufficient to raise him to the level of the men he suggests.”

“In spite of their subject-matter, the stories neither shock me morally, chill my blood with their horror, nor affect me with their pathos. A skillful machinist, not an artist, seems to have been at work.” E. L. Pearson

LEVERAGE, HENRY.Shepherd of the sea. il *$1.75 (2½c) Doubleday

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This is a story of the icy North, of ice-floes, of shipwreck, of starvation and mutiny at a whaling station, of an overland trip in a dog-sled, deprivation and hunger and narrow escape from freezing. A missionary sea-captain who is out to fight the whiskey traffic with the Eskimos and to carry the word of God to them, picks up Buck Traherne when his motor-boat had capsized in the Strait. Traherne is just out of college at Seattle and a tenderfoot. The life on ship-board puts strength into him and he becomes, with the shepherd, the mainstay of the castaway crew on Herschel Island. Moona—half Eskimo and half Scotch—the shepherd’s ward, loves him and after the rescue has come, and the arctic flowers have once more lifted their heads, the charm she has knitted into Traherne’s muffler shows its potency.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

“Memories of ‘Captains courageous’ seem to filter through the beginnings of Mr Leverage’s tale. Nevertheless, the plot would pass very well by itself if the author had the style and strength to render it into a forcible and plausible narrative. Unfortunately, he has not.” G. M. H.

“The tale contains an abundance of adventure, and the author seems to know the country and the life whereof he writes, but the book is marred by a style so very jerky that it soon gets upon the reader’s nerves.”

LEVERAGE, HENRY.Where dead men walk. *$1.75 Moffat

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“A story of the underworld, Mr Leverage’s new novel, ‘Where dead men walk,’ recounts the adventures of one Vilos Holbrook. He had lived a lazy, comfortable life until his uncle, Colonel Bishop, who had control of the modest fortune left him by his father, was swindled out of it while himself endeavoring to swindle a supposedly dying man. Only a few hours before he learned of the loss of his fortune, curiosity had induced him to attend the disreputable ‘Three students’ ball,’ where he had seen Gypsy Cragen dance, and later talked with her. When he presently discovered that she had been one of the gang of swindlers who had gotten the better of his uncle, he protected her, and later joined the little organization of thieves to which the Gypsy and her father, formerly a noted safeblower, belonged. This he preferred to earning an honest living as an electrical engineer. Also he took first to whisky, and then, under the Gypsy’s tutelage, to opium, which he found at the end of that path over the roof described as the one ‘where dead men walk.’”—N Y Times

“Stories of the underworld invariably possess a certain fascination. Mr Leverage has written a fair sample of this type of novel.”

“The story is entertaining in its way and contains one really clever situation. But the style is unpleasantly staccato, and the construction leaves a good deal to be desired.”

LEVERHULME, WILLIAM HESKETH LEVER, 1st baron.Six-hour shift and industrial efficiency. *$3.50 (4c) Holt 331

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The book is the American edition of the author’s “Six-hour day,” abridged and rearranged by Frank Tannenbaum, with an introduction by Henry R. Seager. Lord Leverhulme’s remedies for the defects of modern industry are based on actual experience and are summed up in the word co-partnership. He looks upon the employer as the senior partner in an industry and the employees as the junior partners, with the confidence that under such wisely planned leadership complete cooperation will gradually result. Contents: The problem of industrial efficiency; The six-hour shift; Harmonizing capital and labor; Co-partnership; Co-partnership and business management; Co-partnership and efficiency; Co-operative aspect of business; Health and housing; Shop committees and shop efficiency; Industrial administration; The workers’ interest in productivity; Principles of reconstruction; Socialism, or equality vs. equity. There is an index.

LEVINE, ISAAC DON.Letters from the Kaiser to the Czar. $3 Stokes 327

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These letters, “copied from government archives in Moscow, unpublished before 1920,” are “the private letters from the Kaiser to the Czar found in a chest after the Czar’s execution and now in possession of the Soviet government.” In his introduction the author reprints comments on the letters from various English papers and from Professor Walter Goetz. As the letters were written in English they are printed as written. Four of the letters are given in facsimile.

Reviewed by A. C. Freeman

“While not as important as the telegrams which were published in 1917, these letters from the Kaiser to the Czar are extremely interesting as historical documents completing the picture. They reveal the author far better than any biographer could reveal him.” Herman Bernstein

“They are only half satisfactory as correspondence because there are no letters of reply from the Czar to the Kaiser. Regrettably incomplete as the present volume is, no book, we think, could present a greater revelation of the Kaiser’s character. Such a book should have had an index.”

“Mr Grant’s excellent introduction explains everything that needs explanation, and ample footnotes clear up the personal and other allusions which might perplex readers who are not close students of foreign politics.”

LEVINGER, MRS ELMA EHRLICH.[2]New land. $1.25 Bloch

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“This little collection of stories written for children, of ‘Jews who had a part in the making of our country,’ belongs in part to historical biography with a large fictional element and in part to pure fiction with a historical setting.”—Survey

“The particular ideal of the author of ‘The new land’ to be sure, is not Christian but patriotic virtue, but her method of approach is sadly reminiscent of the Sunday school library of old time. Nevertheless the tales are all carefully and enthusiastically told and often rise to intrinsic human interest.” C. K. S.

“The stories are well written; they have a collective ‘moral,’ of course, but this does not obtrude itself, nor is it narrowly nationalistic.” B. L.

LEVISON, ERIC.[2]Hidden eyes. *$1.75 Bobbs

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“Mysterious bank robberies at Jacksonville, Fla., furnish the plot of ‘Hidden eyes.’ The most complicated locks and burglar-proof bank vaults are opened without delay by a most adroit and elusive thief. Robbery after robbery occurs and the detective force is well-nigh demoralized. The detective chief, however, has a latent suspicion of a young chemist named Thornton, who is an expert in steel and safe locks. Thornton is taken in the very act of a midnight foray. But this is far from clearing the mystery. That duty is accomplished by a local doctor who dabbles in psychoanalysis and auto-suggestion.”—Springf’d Republican

“The dénouement is quite unexpected and furnishes the biggest thrill of all.”

LEVY, S. I.[2]Modern explosives. il $1 (3½c) Pitman 662.2

The contents of this volume of Pitman’s common commodities and industries are: Modern explosives and their raw materials; The chemistry of explosives manufacture; The acids section of an explosives factory; The manufacture of propellant explosives; Preparation of the high explosives; Explosives in war and peace; Chemistry and national welfare. Index and illustrations.

“Although avoiding technical details, the author has given a reasonable and well-balanced treatment of his subject in the space at his disposal. One or two slips may be noted. The final chapter, on ‘Chemistry and national welfare,’ although not directly connected with the subject, is very apposite at the present time.”

LEWER, H. WILLIAM.China collector; a guide to the porcelain of the English factories. (Collector’s ser.) il *$2.50 (4½c) Dodd 738

“This book has been written to enable the enthusiastic collector of china, even after he has passed through his apprenticeship, and acquired a certain amount of experience, to form a correct judgment of that branch of ceramics embraced under the designation of old English porcelain.” (Foreword) The book has a prefatory note by Frank Stevens explaining the illustrations of which there are thirty-two and the marks. The distinctive features of each factory are treated under the titles of history, paste, glaze, decoration, production, characteristics, noted artists, chronology, and marks. The factories discussed are: Bow; Bristol; Caughley; Chelsea; Chelsea-Derby; Coalport; Derby; Longton Hall; Lowestoft: Nautgarw; New Hall; Pinxton; Plymouth; Rockingham; Spode; Swansea; Worcester. There is a chronograph, a bibliography, a tabular index of factories, an index of names and a general index.

LEWIS, SINCLAIR.Main street. *$2 (1c) Harcourt

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In telling the story of Main street, Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the author has tried to tell the story of all America. His Main street “is the continuation of Main streets everywhere.” It is a story of dull mediocrity, complacent and satisfied with itself. Carol Milford, one year out of college, marries Dr Will Kennicott and goes with him to his home town, Gopher Prairie, in the wheat belt. Carol hates Main street at sight and in the six or eight years of her life that are chronicled does not hate it less, altho in the end she comes to see it with larger eyes and to endure it. One after the other she attempts reform measures, including a little theater venture, but her efforts meet defeat. She has her fling of defiance, and spends one of the war years in Washington, but comes back again, still rebellious. “I may not have fought the good fight,” says Carol, “but I have kept the faith.”

“One of the few really good American novels of today.”

“The book is too long, rather tedious. But it has a humanity, a popular note which will appeal to thousands.” S. M. R.

“The total impression one derives is that neither Jane Austen nor George Eliot depicted the provincial England of the past with more vividness than that with which Mr Lewis portrays the present-day American small town.” S. A. Coblentz

“He knows the American small town for what it is, history in that respect being the supreme achievement in American fiction. But when he creates a protest against it, an attack upon its vicious existence, through the symbol of Carol Kennicott he comes nearer to the function of a treatise than the process of art. Kennicott is masterly drawn.” W: S. Braithwaite

“The atmosphere of the sordid smug little burg is well done.”

“At times, Mr Lewis makes one feel that he has treated his people as mere incidents in an environment, that he has pictured them, not without malice, like Dickensian gargoyles. But there are scenes in his book as sensitively felt as some in Mr Sherwood Anderson’s ‘Winesburg, Ohio.’ These exceptional passages of his book are an earnest of the restraint and mastery which one will have the right to expect of his later work.” H. J. Seligmann

“His dialogue, which he uses very freely, is brilliant. The exactness of this dialogue is a literary achievement of a very high order. Mr Lewis has given literary permanence to the speech of his time and section. But the dialogue in ‘Main street’ is anything but literature in the sense of Verlaine; it is living talk. ‘Main street’ would add to the power and distinction of the contemporary literature of any country.”

“‘Main street’ is pioneer work. Some formulae it does help to perpetuate. Some garishness and crudity it does unpleasantly employ in its anxiety to be effective and pat. But while the novelistic hen does not necessarily lay better if surrounded by strong artificial light, the light in ‘Main street’ is on the whole natural, honest and oh so amazingly illuminating.” F. H.

“‘Main street’ is a book to possess and treasure. What the critics have overlooked is just this: that Carol’s idealism was at least as superficial and worthless as the faults of Main street. Carol is more than a blind would-be leader of the blind; she is a butterfly aspirant for the leadership of the apsychosaurus.” Clement Wood

“Dealing with material that is rarely subtle, Mr Lewis can be subtle enough himself. Besides his gift for character and situation, he has also a knack at satire and caustic epigram, with so enormous an acquaintance with the foibles and folklore of the Middle West that he has literally set a new standard for novels dealing with the section.” Carl Van Doren

“A remarkable book. A novel, yes, but so unusual as not to fall easily into a class. There is practically no plot, yet the book is absorbing. It is so much like life itself, so extraordinarily real. These people are actual folk, and there was never better dialogue written than their revealing talk.”

“Gopher Prairie is untypical in human sympathy, in generous instincts, in kindness of heart. Its people are not merely heavy in mind, ludicrously dead to art and literature and world movements; they are selfish, grasping, slanderloving, ignoble. Carol herself is a shallow sort of reformer. This is the strongest criticism to be made on ‘Main street.’” R. D. Townsend

Reviewed by M. A. Hopkins

Reviewed by E. L. Pearson

“It is full of the realism of fact, colored by rather laborious and overclever satire. But it has no sustained action, whether as realism or as satire. It is a bulky collection of scenes, types, caricatures, humorous episodes, and facetious turns of phrase; a mine of comedy from which the ore has not been lifted.” H. W. Boynton

“Mr Lewis has fashioned one of the year’s most notable volumes of fiction.”

“He is particularly adept in reproducing the vernacular. Whether the picture as a whole and his judgments on it are equally true may be a matter for disagreement. But as a sincere attempt to deal honestly with middle-western life the novel is noteworthy.”

LEWISOHN, LUDWIG, ed. Modern book of criticisms; ed. with an introd. (Modern lib. of the world’s best books) *85c Boni & Liveright 801

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