“On the subject of timbers he is a fanatic. His passion leads him into mistakes, but it leads him also into real appreciation of the beauty of woods, and into a prose style that conveys unexpectedly through the technicalities the charm of his subject.” Malcolm Cowley
+ − N Y Evening Post p4 N 27 ’20 570w
“The book is fully illustrated and well arranged; it will be of more use than its author modestly imagines.”
+ − Spec 125:640 N 13 ’20 620w
HOWE, EDGAR WATSON. Anthology of another town. *$2 (5c) Knopf
20–20449
A series of sketches, varying in length from a paragraph to several pages, describing characters from a middle western small town. The title suggests “Spoon River,” but Mr Howe writes in simple, direct prose and without irony. Many of the sketches go back to his boyhood and his own experience as a printer’s apprentice.
“Consists of backyard gossip about the inhabitants of Atchison, Kansas; as such it is unexpurgated and entirely delightful. Mr Howe is not so cosmic as Mr Masters and he is a great deal easier to read.”