+ Ind. 59: 1540. D. 28, ’05. 180w.
“Repulsive and dreary as is this picture of primitive Western life, there is much that is picturesque and entertaining, and of the two kinds of American novel the Western adventurous is decidedly preferable to the Eastern ‘cultured’ kind.”
+ – Sat. R. 101: 761. Je. 16, ’06. 160w.
Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.). Throwback; a romance of the Southwest. $1.50. Outing pub.
The hero of this story “is a tremendously irresistible son and heir of an aristocratic Maryland family, who by some stroke of atavism is a reproduction of the fierce founder of the house. He turns a buffalo hunter in the Panhandle district and by his adventures meets all the requirements for a big, hearty dare-devil who can shoot buffalo, kill Indians, find treasures, and win the hand of a somewhat indistinctly drawn heroine. It is a ‘rattling’ story and doubtless portrays with literary impressionism the life of the old days in the great Southwest before the buffalo had disappeared and wire fences had turned cowboys into herdsmen.” (World To-Day.)
“Mr. Lewis’s tale is an odd compound of silliness and brutality.”
– Critic. 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 100w.
“Mr. Lewis has tamed his usual picturesque Wolfville language, but he has left enough of it to add spice, and he has introduced some very engaging humorous personages.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 254. Ap. 21, ’06. 630w.