“These stories are somewhat slight in texture, more suited to the ephemeral needs of a magazine than a bound volume, but they have a ring of sincerity about them and an insight into essentials.”
+ Acad. 70: 577. Je. 16, ’06. 280w.
“To many people they will seem more enjoyable than the longer stories by Mr. Adams. Their merit lies wholly in the obvious truth to life of the scenes.”
+ Critic. 48: 571. Je. ’06. 60w.
“The new book will seem to most readers too much like an echo of ‘The log of a cowboy’ to allow of its producing the same effect of sincerity.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 197. Mr. 31, ’06. 570w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
– + North American. 183: 120. Jl. ’06. 200w.
Adams, Frederick Upham. Bottom of the well. †$1.50. Dillingham.