[*] “Have the freshness and vigor of the sea and not a little of its heroism.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 712. N. 25, ‘05. 110w. |
[*] “The stories have a fresh realism and a curt vigor which show first-hand work.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 140w. |
London, Jack. [War of the classes.] [**]$1.50. Macmillan.
The book is made up of six socialistic studies entitled: “The class struggle,” “The tramp,” “The scab,” “The question of the maximum,” “A review,” “Wanted: a new law of development.” and “How I became a socialist.” It is Mr. London’s purpose, he declares in his preface, to “enlighten, to some slight degree,” the minds of a few capitalists.
“It is an interesting thought-provoking volume, to be read and pondered, but truths and half truths are so interwoven that it is scarcely a safe guide.”
| + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 592. S. ‘05. 100w. |
“It is marred somewhat by repetition and lacks the coherence and cogency of a logical whole. With all these defects, however, the ‘War of the classes’ is no whit inferior in the vigour of its style and the sweep and rapid movement of its thought to any of Jack London’s work.” Robert C. Brooks.
| + + — | Bookm. 22: 61. S. ‘05. 1990w. |