“The tendency of his book is to make each section more fully recognize the other’s point of view.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 114. Ja. ’06. 230w. R. of Rs. 33: 508. Ap. ’06. 80w.
Reed, Myrtle. [Spinner in the sun.] **$1.50. Putnam.
There is a mystery in Miss Reed’s new story. “It is a tale of village tragedy working out the purification and redemption of its actors” (Lit. D.) among whom are the woman who behind a chiffon veil had for twenty-five years brooded over her wrongs and unhappiness, a “whimsical old maid with a sour hatred of all men-kind” and Piper Tom, who pipes love notes in the wood.
– Acad. 71: 503. N. 17, ’06. 250w.
“Nothing but humor could redeem the extravagant, sentimental presentment offered as a reading of life. But humor is nowhere present.”
– Lit. D. 33: 646. N. 3, ’06. 190w. N. Y. Times. 11: 674. O. 13, ’06. 350w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 797. D. 1. ’06. 150w.
“We prefer the author as she showed her wit in ‘The book of clever beasts.’”
+ – Outlook. 84: 386. O. 13, ’06. 100w.