+ + Bookm. 24: 376. D. ’06. 1270w.
“It is told simply in a style as crisp as mountain air.” May Estelle Cook.
+ Dial. 41: 387. D. 1, ’06. 180w. + Ind. 61: 1234. N. 22, ’06. 160w.
“Like most of Mr. White’s books ‘The Pass’ is very agreeable reading indeed, soothing, but not exciting.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 685. O. 20, ’06. 770w. + Outlook. 84: 532. O. 27, ’06. 80w.
White, William Allen. [In our town.] †$1.50. McClure.
Thirteen stories made up from happenings observed by the editor of a Western newspaper. “He draws humorously convincing portraits of the people of the town, the town millionaire and the town drunkard, the smart set and those who try to be smart, the literary crowd that laughs at them and envies them for their superior culture. But it is not all humorous. The trail of Jim Nevison, the black sheep and ‘desert scorpion,’ is followed to the end and the career of Sampson, a good fellow ‘and yet a fool,’ is graphically outlined by Colonel Alphabetical Morrison.” (Pub. Opin.)
“Read at intervals it will be found quite entertaining, but it decidedly is not a book for steady perusal.”
+ – Lit. D. 83: 124. Jl. 28, ’06. 90w. N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.