+ Boston Transcript p5 N 13 ’20 500w
“That there are here many names not familiar to the casual reader of Russian literature is not among the least attractions of the collection.”
+ Springf’d Republican p9a O 31 ’20 180w
RAGSDALE, LULAH. Next-besters. *$1.75 Scribner
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“Robert Lee Poindexter—‘The boss’—was of the old South, the courtly and sweet-natured master of the ancient and impoverished plantation of Cherokee in Mississippi. But Pat and Polly, the Misses Poindexter, were very modern, up-and-coming young people, who shouldered both hard work and responsibility and evolved an energetic philosophy, though Patricia was only twenty and Polly was just eighteen. The story of their work and responsibility, and of how their philosophy resulted in action is the story of ‘Next-besters.’”—N Y Times
Booklist 17:73 N ’20
“A pretty and amusing little story that is always entertaining, and not without charm. Assuredly, ‘Next-besters’ is a pleasant piece of ‘light reading’ for a summer day.”
+ N Y Times 25:26 Jl 25 ’20 390w