+ Acad. 69: 1314. D. 16, ’05. 380w.
“Of the version itself we can say that it is conscientiously executed and very readable.”
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 893. D. 30. 110w.
“It is a powerfully impressive study of unlovely characters among revolting conditions.”
+ – Critic. 48: 475. My. ’06. 130w.
“This work is possibly richer in material than either of its predecessors, but its construction is so hopelessly chaotic as to preclude any serious claim to consideration as a work of art.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ – Dial. 40: 153. Mr. 1, ’06. 460w.
“As a work of art ... measured by its own intrinsic exigencies, it is defective, tho as a poignant, brutally strong portrayal of character, and relentless group of big tho elusive forces, it is the performance of a literary Achilles whose weakness was not in his heel, but in his head.”
+ – Lit. D. 32: 917. Je. 16, ’06. 540w.
“Nothing is so powerful in the book as the character studies.” Stephen Chalmers.