The author calls his story a parable, and also, the story of a possibility, which the united action of God and the people may make a reality. He tells of a fashionable church which was mysteriously transplanted in a single night and set up stone on stone among the poor of Water street. He depicts most vividly the scorn with which the fashionable members of the old church regard the poor with whom they are thus brought in contact, and he shows the great good which came of it all. It is a story so true to human nature that it makes one pause to think. The author’s character drawing is excellent and he has softened his moral by introducing into his parable the love story of the young minister and Irene, the flower of his flock.
+ Arena. 36: 222. Ag. ’06. 310w.
“His little book is of more than passing interest as a well-developed piece of fiction, and it is profoundly significant as a Parable and an indictment.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 158. Ag. 4, ’06. 160w.
“The little book is effective in its way.”
+ – Outlook. 83: 817. Ag. 4, ’06. 150w.
Wells, Amos Russel. Donald Barton and the doings of the Ajax club. †$1.50. Little.
The “Ajax club” is composed of lusty boys who meet in “The glen” and plan adventures worthy of their honored Greek hero. They do battle against a band of disreputable village boys and win the commendation of the townspeople.