+ Outlook. 82: 521. Mr. 3, ’06. 130w.
“The book is curiously without ‘purple patches’ ... but it is good to read.”
+ Spec. 95: 1091. D. 23, ’05. 260w.
From servitude to service: the history and work of Southern institutions for the education of the negro. *$1.10. Am. Unitar.
“By its freedom from the polemic spirit and by its adherence to actual facts and conditions, this book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of what is happening to the negro.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 418. Mr. ’06. 160w. + – Outlook. 82: 520. Mr. 3, ’06. 210w. + Pub. Opin. 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 150w.
Frothingham, Eugenia Brooks. Evasion. †$1.50. Houghton.
“About two men and a girl. The weak-willed Apollo cheats at cards, and the strong Antaeus shoulders the blame. The girl marries Apollo out of pity and to help her family, regretting it only once, but for a long time.” (Pub. Opin.) “‘The evasion’ contains a plot absorbing enough to hold one’s attention tensely to the end, but it will be remembered longer for its vivid portrayal of the lives of the idle rich and the convincing contrast drawn in its pages between these seemingly useless members of society and the big majority that counts.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Her style is cosmopolitan and her point of view that of the dweller in both continents, but her spiritual outlook is of the younger world, and to the end we are left in doubt whether she is on the side of authority, or of negation.”