Sinclair, William A. Aftermath of slavery: a study of the condition and environment of the American negro; with an introd. by T: Wentworth Higginson. **$1.50. Small.
“The over-zealous critic might point out many faults in the work. It is not well-digested, there are some overstatements, and much padding in the way of poetry and quotations from easily-accessible sources. And yet the book is of great value. It is alive. It is throbbing.” W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.
+ – Dial. 40: 294. My. 1, ’06. 520w.
“To the student of social problems the book is of great value, not as a repository of facts, for the facts in it are badly warped, but simply as a ‘human document.’ As voicing the sentiments, then, of the class of influential negro radicals that book has a distinct value.” Walter L. Fleming.
– + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 344. Je. ’06. 540w.
Singer, Hans W. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. *$1. Scribner.
The life and art of Rossetti receive enthusiastic treatment in this volume which also contains an account of Pre-Raphaelitism and a list of Rossetti’s principal works in both public and private collections. Reproductions of a dozen of his best pictures are given with a portrait of the artist-poet.
“The sketch, in the main, contains several interesting observations and some facts, but little that is new. It merely attempts to popularize knowledge.” Wm. T. Brewster.
+ – Forum. 38: 104. Jl. ’06. 330w.