| + − | Outlook. 85: 42. Ja. 5, ’07. 300w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 90w. |
James, Henry. American scene. **$3–Harper.
7–5704.
After an absence of nearly a quarter of a century Mr. James viewed once more his native land, and wrote in the style which he has made his own, of what his eyes, fresh after long absence, saw in her. New England, in the autumn, New York in the spring, The Bowery, Newport, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, and sunny Florida, the beauty of them, the very atmosphere and air of them are to be found between these covers.
“The book is undeniably difficult to read; full of psychological subtleties, involved expression, baffling to the average reader.”
| + − | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 98. Ap. ’07. |
“Throughout four hundred and sixty-five broad pages there is no oasis in the level, unbroken expanse of Jacobean style. Nor has his style improved with years. In this latest example it has an irritation once absent; for to the defects of his own qualities he has added carelessness.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 282. Mr. 9. 2640w. |
“Despite his consummate analytic power, perhaps not the one after all to whom we should willingly allow the last word on what America stands for.” James F. Muirhead.