− Freeman 2:355 D 22 ’20 2550w
“This is an extraordinary array. In all the account of it there is not one gleam of intellectual speculation, not one sign that Mr Bok ever heard of the world of ideas, or that he understood any passions stronger than sentimentalism. His criticism of the America in which he lived and which he seems to have understood so well, is always merely trivial.” I. B.
− Nation 111:783 D 29 ’20 1050w
Reviewed by A. M. Jungmann
N Y Evening Post p2 O 23 ’20 1400w
“Considered in every aspect, ‘The Americanization of Edward Bok’ is an affording and a significant book. In style it is as simple and perspicuous as Xenophon’s ‘Anabasis,’ which was also written in the third person and by a man of shrewd common sense who trusted his instincts.”
+ No Am 213:134 Ja ’21 2000w
“There is a great deal that is stimulating to energy, originality, and resourcefulness in this autobiography, as well as much that is amusing and agreeable reading.” R. D. Townsend
+ Outlook 126:514 N 17 ’20 1600w
“It is pleasant reading and happily stimulating to wholesome ambition.” R. R. Bowker