“The subject is treated in the usual way, and there is nothing to call for special mention.”
| + | Nature. 71: 507. Mr. 30, ‘05. 110w. |
[*] Long, John Luther. Heimweh and other stories, [†]$1.50. Macmillan.
“Eight stories, or rather novelettes.... In the first of these, which gives its title to the book, we are told the story of a day labourer and his wife, from the day of their marriage to their death.... ‘The siren’ ... describes a courtship carried on by two bold swimmers, who, at last, swim out too far from land, and are drowned.” (Ath.) The remaining stories are: The loaded gun; Liebereich; “Jupiter Tonans;” “Sis;” Thor’s emerald; and Guile.
[*] “His aims are right, and so, for the most part, are his methods.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 686. N. 18. 280w. |
[*] “Too much sentimentality, not enough humor, and an unfortunate lack of compression. Mr. Long’s ingenuity and facile expression prevent them from being wholly bad.”
| + — | Critic. 47: 578. D. ‘05. 50w. |
[*] “These stories do not lack imagination, but at times the gayety seems forced, and the conversations are jerkily vivacious.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 90w. |