“The value of this volume, however, lies ... in the analysis—as a rule without self-consciousness or effort—of the Russian character as affected by the revolution and of the effect of the Russian character and temperament on the revolution.” M. F. Egan
+ N Y Times 25:307 Je 13 ’20 2050w
“One’s general notion that Russia is the home of real-life melodrama appears to be justified by most that one reads about that country. It is, in fact, somewhat difficult at times to realize that Mr Kalpaschnikoff’s narrative is not simply lurid fiction. But the manifest sincerity and truthfulness of the author rapidly dispel any such illusion.”
+ No Am 212:431 S ’20 750w
“Colonel Kalpaschnikoff’s book strikes an entirely new note. In the first place, it is a narrative of the sort of personal experience from which few men have come out alive, and, in the second, it is as exciting as a sensational novel.” F. H. Potter
+ Outlook 125:646 Ag 11 ’20 1250w
KANE, ROBERT. Worth. *$2.25 Longmans 170
“In these thoughtful addresses, some of which were delivered in the Church of Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, Strand, the author at first deals with general principles, and discusses true and false standards of worth. He then treats of personality, intellectual excellence, the evolution of the soul, the worth of patriotism, and other topics.”—Ath
Ath p352 Mr 12 ’20 60w
“The book is replete with sound logic, sterling ideals and old-fashioned common sense; there are so many passages worth remembering and referring to, that it is to be regretted that an index has been omitted.”