− + Boston Transcript p4 Je 2 ’20 220w + Cleveland p71 Ag ’20 100w
“It is by no means as good an example of its type as his earlier book, ‘The unspeakable Perk,’ but it is entertaining in its way, and presents a fervent plea for athletics.”
+ − N Y Times 25:220 My 2 ’20 480w
“Its humor and gaiety compensate to some extent for the lack of plausibility.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p9a Jl 4 ’20 350w
ADE, GEORGE. Hand-made fables. il *$1.60 (2½c) Doubleday 817
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“The studies in American vernacular which comprise this volume first appeared in the Cosmopolitan Magazine.... Although the period in which these fables appeared enveloped the great war and lapped over on the great unrest, the author has proceeded upon the theory that old human nature continues to do business, even during a cataclysm.” With this introduction Mr Ade proceeds to his fables, which are in his old manner and are accompanied by John McCutcheon’s pictures.
+ Booklist 16:280 My ’20