“His grotesque interpretation of history; ... his utter destitution in regard to knowledge of economics and political science; his vulgar and slanderous allusions to men and institutions that he does not like; ... his exploitation of writers and writing of the most ephemeral interest and importance; ... all these traits, in which the book abounds, deprive it and its author of any claim to the consideration of serious-minded men earnestly bent on improving the social and political conditions of the moment.”
| − − | Spec. 99: 231. Ag. 17, ’07. 1280w. |
Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr. [Jungle.] †$1.50. Doubleday.
6–6264.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 27. Ja. ’07. |
“If it were possible to cut out the slaughterhouse and merely give the experience of the immigrant family struggling to find its level in a cruel new country, it would at once be clear that Mr. Sinclair’s work had reached a new plane of sincerity.” Mary Moss.
| + + | Atlan. 99: 122. Ja. ’07. 530w. |
Reviewed by Madeleine Z. Doty.
| + − | Charities. 17: 480. D. 15, ’06. 280w. |