| − + | Ath. 1907, 2: 400. O. 5. 130w. |
“Grim as his story is, it must claim attention both for its passionate devotion to an idea of mercy and charity, and for its profound recognition of the organic and indestructible unity of human life.” Harry James Smith.
| + | Atlan. 100: 130. Jl. ’07. 750w. |
“Is chiefly remarkable as an exhibit of the criminal under-world, its viewpoint, its customs, and its speech.” Wm. M. Payne.
| − | Dial. 42: 314. My. 16, ’07. 200w. |
“A serious book this, convincing even while one looks for the other side of the picture—one of the most striking of the many indictments of society of recent years.”
| + | Ind. 62: 1031. My. 2, ’07. 340w. |
“The author has an eye for details that give many passages of description a distinctive virtue; but all the virtues are overborne by the pulpit utterance, and swamped in a crowd of people who are all very good or very bad as the illustration of the thesis demands.”
| − + | Lond. Times. 6: 366. N. 29, ’07. 430w. |
“Contains many revelations of our own city life. It is fascinating to read and—worth reading.”