| − | Acad. 72: 394. Ap. 20, ’07. 260w. |
“As story pure and simple has faults. When warmed to his work, he throws aside all that is pretentious and mannered, sloughs his colloquialism as a writer, and deals in sound, moving, graphic English.”
| + − | Ath. 1907. 1: 535. My. 4. 180w. |
“If the reader can once get over the rhapsodical opening chapters of this very good tale of the sea, he is probably in no danger of abandoning the gallant Flying Cloud.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 150w. |
“This new marine tale by Mr. Morley Roberts has the tang of authentic brine and the swift pulse of life in it.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 690w. | |
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 593. My. 11, ’07. 200w. |
Roberts, Morley. Painted Rock, tales and narratives of Painted Rock, South Panhandle, Texas, told by Charlie Baker, late of that city and also of Snyder, Scurry county. †$1.50. Lippincott.
A collection of ten short stories dealing with the citizens of Painted Rock, their “histories and their affairs.” There is a good deal of bloodthirsty revenge portrayed, and life seems to be cheap. The realism and its primitive setting will no doubt prove fascinating to people who look for the kernel of humanity amongst the waste of savagery.