“Episodes in the daily life of the people, like the Harvest, the Vintage, and All Souls’ day in Florence, are described with knowledge and insight. We advise even those to whom a sojourn in Tuscany is a future experience to read this book.”
| + + − | Nation. 84: 14. Jl. 4, ’07. 260w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 480w. | ||
| + | Spec. 98: 947. Je. 15, ’07. 360w. |
Lefevre, Edwin. Sampson Rock of Wall street. †$1.50. Harper.
7–8216.
The vast centripetal action of all the issues that make toward the center of a big New York stock-brokerage office shows the author’s complete understanding of the “technique of speculation.” The son of a magnate of finance deplores the methods by which his father aims to get possession of the Virginia central railroad, and plans to outwit him. In so doing he plays a Wall street game that lacks neither characters nor situation to make it realistic.
“Spirited and full of incident. Will probably be popular with men.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 110. Ap. ’07. | |
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 349. Mr. 23. 230w. |
“It makes a fairly interesting story upon a subject that is essentially devoid of any vital human interest.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + − | Dial. 42: 378. Je. 16, ’07. 320w. |