“It would be an exaggeration to call this novel a socialistic tract in disguise, but it is certainly not the least clever stroke of its author’s that he has succeeded in interweaving into a dog-and-wolf story so subtle a reminder of the pressure of feral conditions in the midst of civilized human society.” Herbert W. Horwill.
| + + − | Forum. 38: 547. Ap. ’07. 1020w. |
“The Canadian wolf needs the rehabilitation which the Indian wolf owes to Kipling, and Mr. London is entirely successful in expressing his litheness, which is worthy of rikki-tikki at his best, his hardihood, and the germ of the fidelity which remains the master attribute in the dog. Some scenes are admirably vivid bits of natural history.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 46. F. 8, ’07. 550w. |
“Done in this author’s best style.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 40w. | |
| + − | Spec. 97: 219. F. 9, ’07. 360w. |
* Lonergan, W. F. Forty years of Paris, il. **$3.50. Brentano’s.
Contemporary Paris as seen thru the eyes of a newspaper correspondent. Mr. Lonergan “has attended sittings of the Chamber and the courts, met many politicians and men of letters, unhitched Boulanger’s carriage, talked with Clémenceau, interviewed Zola, corresponded with Halèvy, and had a squabble with Sardou. In the midst of his feverish existence, however, he found the time to read something else than newspapers, namely, some books on Taine, Renan, and Abbé Loisy, especially the latter; and he gives us the benefit of his readings.” (Nation.)
“The genial and observant spirit which is visible in Mr. Lonergan’s new volume on Paris inclines us to praise it, and to recommend its purchase to our readers.”