“Is distinguished from the mass of current fiction by the technical skill with which it presents a plot that has in itself real movement and vitality.”
+ + Dial. 40: 18. Ja. 1, ’06. 160w.
“The best that can be said of ‘A javelin of fate’ is that it contains all the materials of a good story, but they have not been well put together.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 10: 877. D. 9, ’05. 380w.
Lincoln, Joseph Crosby (Joe Lincoln, pseud.). Mr. Pratt. †$1.50. Barnes.
“There is much rustic humor in this tale by the author of ‘Cap’n Eri,’ and Mr. Pratt is a continuation of the former country philosopher. That two tired young stock-brokers should elect to follow the rules of the ‘Natural life’ as laid down in a popular book is not so incongruous as it might have seemed a few years ago. Mr. Pratt is engaged as their factotum, and relates their adventures with much shrewd comment.” (Outlook.) “Whimsical medley of the ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ life.” (Lit. D.)
+ Critic. 49: 286. S. ’06. 60w.
“Mr. Lincoln is particularly enjoyable in ‘Mr. Pratt’ which, altho evolved from sundry independent short stories, is as coherent and readable as could be wished.”