“It is a perfectly good idea and the characters are interesting enough, but the author seems to be a little bit tired; it all needs to be keyed up to a higher pitch.”
+ − Ind 103:53 Jl 10 ’20 110w
“It will go far toward dispelling in the average reader’s mind the illusion that a realistic presentation of American life must necessarily be dull, morbid and unduly sophisticated.”
+ N Y Evening Post p3 My 1 ’20 600w
“The merit of the tale lies in its portrayal of small town life, of the men who control or try to control the political destinies of the friendly little town of Hardiston, and in an easy and agreeable style.”
+ N Y Times 25:163 Ap 11 ’20 400w
“Two romances and a broad vein of humor balance the political narrative, making an entertaining if rather unlifelike American tale.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p8a S 19 ’20 420w
WILLIAMS, GAIL. Fear not the crossing. $1.25 (9c) Clode, E. J. 134
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