“This is a great and serious book; it has exquisite description and idealization of nature, and yet it has the flaw which Maxim Gorki has himself pointed out in all his works; it does not give us joy.” Louise Collier Willcox.
| + + − | No. Am. 85: 661. Jl. 19, ’07. 1300w. |
“Gorky has lost none of his grim power.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 160w. |
“The book is not pleasant reading but it is as much better than his previous work as growth is better than decay.”
| + − | Putnam’s. 3: 111. O. ’07. 180w. |
“Since, however, Russia, and, for that matter, Slav letters generally, are so little known,—even if frequently talked about,—in the United States, we would particularly commend this excellent translation of Gorky’s latest book.”
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 763. Je. ’07. 360w. |
Goron, Marie Francois. Truth about the case: the experiences of M. F. Goron, ex-chief of the Paris detective police; ed. by Albert Keyzer; il. by A. G. Dove. †$1.50. Lippincott.
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