+ Critic. 48: 470. My. ’06. 40w. N. Y. Times. 11: 336. My. 26, ’06. 310w. + Outlook. 83: 331. Je. 9, ’06. 260w.
Michelson, Miriam. Anthony Overman. †$1.50. Doubleday.
“The community, the editorial office, labor, capital, the reformer, the journalist, the ‘essentially feminine’ woman, the doctor, the striker, the scab.... This is the inventory of the chief comments of ‘Anthony Overman.’ The hero is a renascent Daniel Deronda, with a modern as well as a racial difference; the heroine a ‘yellow woman journalist.’ Such elements must needs strike fire when they meet, and the story deals with their interaction and final ... reconciliation.... The way of the altruist is to talk pages about himself, and Anthony is no exception; but he is a fine embodiment of the passion for doing good and of the suffering over others’ pain.”—Nation.
“There is slight spontaneity in the telling of the story; the fun is feeble; the slang is dreary. Miss Michelson has done better work and we trust that she will do so once again.”
– Bookm. 24: 179. O. ’06. 430w.
“One of the most original of recent novels. Its characteristic is a determination to see things as they are. The point of view is saliently modern, not boastfully so; felt naturally not thrust out as a rock of offence.”
+ Nation. 83: 188. Ag. 30, ’06. 250w.
“Not dull as a story and decidedly edifying as a study.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 544. S. 1, ’06. 550w.