“This is a striking foot-note to the study of conditions in the far West.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 1015. Ap. 22, ‘05. 180w. |
“‘The outlet’ is first and foremost, a capital story; after that, it is a genuine contribution to the history of a typical American industry.”
| + + | Reader. 6: 361. Ag. ‘05. 330w. |
[*] “The story is somewhat colourless and lacking in breadth of interest.”
| — | Sat. R. 100: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 70w. |
Adams, Frederick Upham. [John Henry Smith, a humorous romance of outdoor life.] [†]$1.50. Doubleday.
John Henry Smith tells his own story in diary form and also the story of other members of the golf club and their play, among them the heroine’s millionaire father, who becomes a golf enthusiast and partner with Smith in a Wall street operation, and farmer Bishop’s remarkable hired man who wins an heiress. There are various adventures, in one an automobile gets the better of a mad bull and in another it outraces a tornado.
“An effective antidote to insomnia.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 880. Ag. 26, ‘05. 480w. |