− + Bookm 52:250 N ’20 660w
“In ‘Caliban’ Mr George cannot convince us for a moment that his Richard Bulmer is doing anything more than to obey the commands of his creator. A puppet in a marionette show has as much initiative of his own as is possessed by this Richard Bulmer.” E. F. E.
− Boston Transcript p8 S 15 ’20 1600w
“It is superior in many ways to Courlander’s ‘Mightier than the sword’ and has nothing whatever to do with Gibbs’ ‘Street of adventure.’ But it is a falling off from Mr George’s superb ‘Blind alley.’”
+ − Dial 69:663 D ’20 60w
“As a portrayal of Bulmer, ‘Caliban’ is convincingly done; as a novel, it is disappointing. For the book, despite Bulmer’s portrait, is perfunctory.” R. S.
+ − Freeman 2:166 O 27 ’20 400w
“Mr George has grasped in its concrete terms one of the fundamental things in our civilization—the press. His report may not be faultlessly accurate; there may be depths he has not reached, complications he has not disentangled. But his account has great fulness of matter, dogged closeness of observation, fine solidity, and burning candor.”
+ Nation 111:380 O 6 ’20 1000w
“Mr George has neglected the difficult and more interesting half of his subject. He has not tried to answer the most puzzling of the questions that yellow journalism raises. Not everybody, however, cares to investigate the differences which separate the successful wooers of ‘Caliban’ from the unsuccessful, and in Mr George’s novel there is cleverness enough to reward all readers who do not care.” P. L.