“Mr. Scott is a hero worshiper of martyred manhood among the poor and unfortunate, a writer who compels admiration and attention by his friendliness to the friendless and by the sanity of his conclusions concerning some sociological problems, rather than by literary ability.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 817. O. 3, ’07. 620w. |
“Far more important than its literary merit implies.”
| + | Ind. 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w. |
“It is written with much effort and earnestness; and it is fairly entertaining. The author is not without a sense of humor. But when all is said, fiction makes a poor appearance in the pulpit; and most books of this sort are neither good stories nor good sermons.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 540w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w. |
“That which gives Mr. Scott’s book the vitality and strength which it unquestionably possesses is his ability to make one see these luckless types ... as his hero saw them.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 44. S. 7, ’07. 450w. |
“It is good story-telling genius to get theory into the reader without his knowing it.”
| + | Putnam’s. 3: 238. N. ’07. 710w. |