| + | Arena. 34: 221. Ag. ‘05. 250w. |
“The book is not incapably written. The book’s greatest fault is its utter lack of originality.”
| + — | Critic. 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 90w. |
“In short, without being remarkable in any special way, ‘The prize to the hardy’ is a good readable, human story, and cleverly written at that.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 370w. | |
| + | Outlook. 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w. |
Wise, John Sergeant. Lion’s skin. [†]$1.50. Doubleday.
On the surface the book is the story of a certain Powhatan Carrington, who bore arms in his ‘teens for the Confederacy, and became a Richmond lawyer and politician. On turning Republican he found himself so unpopular among his townspeople, that he removed to New York, where he and his northern wife prospered exceedingly. Underneath is an analysis of the conditions of the South since the Civil war, and a political history of Virginia from the first steps in reconstruction to the election of the governor in 1885.
“‘The lion’s skin’ spells information rather than diversion.”
| + — | Bookm. 21: 651. Ag. ‘05. 270w. |
“In this book there is far more history than fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.