“Several helpful books dealing with the general subject of looking at pictures have been published within the last year, but none of these has the breadth or scope of this admirable book by Mr Witt.”
+ + Critic. 49: 90. Jl. ’06. 180w. + Dial. 41: 120. S. 1, ’06. 310w. + Ind. 61: 518. Ag. 30, ’06. 270w. Lit. D. 32: 832. Je. 2, ’06. 1120w.
“Its contents are marked by tranquil common sense. There is nothing in it which is not true, and nothing, perhaps, which may not still be novel to some part of the great public.”
+ + Nation. 82: 468. Je. 7, ’06. 100w. N. Y. Times. 11: 376. Je. 9, ’06. 440w. + Outlook. 83: 671. Jl. 21, ’06. 80w.
Wolfenstein, Martha. Renegade, and other tales. $1.25. Jewish pub.
“‘A renegade’ presents to us a number of Gentile sinners and Jewish saints in the setting of far-away Bohemia.” (Nation.) This story “is tragical, of course, and there are ten others. The prevailing atmospheric effect is gray, a dull sad gray, and there is always a sense of what may be called the joy of suffering, a sort of reveling in the luxury of woe.” (N. Y. Times.)
“We need not quarrel with the characterization if the stories were only interesting; but they are not.”
– Nation. 82: 182. Mr. 1, ’06. 110w.
“Many of them show a considerable dramatic power.”