+ − N Y Times p19 Ag 8 ’20 500w
“The question is here discussed in an intelligent, fair-minded manner.”
+ Outlook 125:507 Jl 14 ’20 70w
“His book should be read by those who wish to know what negroes think and feel.” W: A. Aery
+ Survey 45:24 O 2 ’20 450w Wis Lib Bul 16:232 D ’20 90w
SERAO, MATILDE. Souls divided; tr. from the Italian by William Collinge. *$1.75 Brentano’s
20–7144
“The telling of a story by means of a series of letters is a fictional form which, though once exceedingly popular, is seldom used by modern writers. This method is employed in the new volume by Matilde Serao, the noted Italian writer. It is the hero, Paolo Ruffo, who does all the letter-writing, the lady to whom all his passionate epistles are addressed never replying to any one of them. She was an orphan, Diana Sforza, eldest daughter of an ancient house, and practically penniless. Gifted with a rarely lovely and very sympathetic voice, she won Paolo Ruffo’s heart by her singing. For a year he worshipped her, followed her about from place to place, and poured out his heart to her in a long succession of most fervent letters. Then, at last, utterly discouraged and broken, he left his native country, accompanied by the faithful sister upon whose shoulder he had wept more than once, and became a wanderer upon the face of the earth.”—N Y Times
+ Cleveland p70 Ag ’20 80w