“‘Poor white’ remains a poetic novel in half a dozen broad senses. It has the clarity and concentration as well as some of the music of poetry. In its hold upon certain large pulsations of American life it is close to Whitman. It certainly belongs with Whitman rather than with Howells.” C. M. Rourke
+ N Y Evening Post p4 D 4 ’20 1350w
“The book is a careful, conscientious study of certain phases of the industrial development of America, and especially of the Middle West.”
+ N Y Times p20 D 12 ’20 650w
“Important American novel.” Eric Gershom
+ Pub W 98:1888 D 18 ’20 240w
“The totality of the book gives the effect of a wood carving done with a hatchet by a man who could do well if he had a knife. But its faults are made up for by the dominant fact that Mr Anderson has a story to tell. The book is not great, but it has the seeds of greatness. It is worth while, and its author is worth watching.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p5a Ja 2 ’21 500w
ANDERSON, WILLIAM ASHLEY. South of Suez. il *$3 (6½c) McBride 916
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