| + | Outlook. 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 90w. |
“The weakness of the book is in some details, which count, it may be, for more than they are worth.”
| + − | Spec. 99: 234. Ag. 17, ’07. 170w. |
Dawson, Alec J. [The message.] †$1.50. Estes.
A novel with a purpose which presumes to command a 1940 view point. “His standpoint is frankly imperial, and even partisan. He assumes that the trend of the present government is towards weakness and sentimentalism and the neglect of national interests; and from that postulate he has developed a pretty pickle for the country it governs. The Germans land in force on the coasts of East Anglia, and in an almost incredibly short time Great Britain is at their mercy. Thereafter comes the rebuilding—the re-edification which is implied in the title. This tack is initially undertaken by Canadian preachers, and indeed the entire regeneration comes from the colonies.” (Ath.)
“What remains of highest value in the story is the human current of interest, which is maintained from the first.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 501. Ap. 27. 420w. |
“Is for the most part rather frankly boresome, with here and there a welcome oasis of something distinctly better, something that seems almost worthy of the author of ‘Hidden manna.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| − | Bookm. 26: 81. S. ’07. 310w. |