| + − | Nation. 85: 496. N. 28, ’07. 350w. |
“The funniest stories by this well-known writer have been collected in the volume.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w. |
“If he has a fault it is that he sets forth too opulent a spread; like a rich parvenu’s banquet.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 747. N. 23, ’07. 430w. | |
| + | Outlook. 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 70w. |
Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter). [Trimmed lamp], and other stories of the four million. †$1. McClure.
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“Free from the too common trick of embellishing actuality with traditional cant, this author wins the intelligent reader through a sympathetic cynicism denoting experience and honesty, the whole expressing itself in most humorous form. Shopgirls and bartenders and pseudo-Bohemians and ‘that sad company of mariners known as Jersey commuters’—such types are hit off with immense cleverness.”—R. of Rs.
“There is something irresistible about the stories, with all their crimes upon them; they are so buoyant and careless, so genial in their commentary, and so pleasantly colored by a sentiment which, if as sophisticated as Broadway itself, is still perfectly spontaneous and sincere.” Harry James Smith.