“The cleverness of the novel lies not so much in its plot as in the graphic characterization. It is a piece of work of which the author has reason to be proud.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 492. Ap. 15. 300w. |
[*] “Her story makes a thoroughly interesting book.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 39: 310. N. 16, ‘05. 240w. |
“There is considerable strength in this novel. There is some lack of artistic proportion in the general working out of the story.”
| + + — | Outlook. 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 100w. |
Cahan, Abraham. White terror and the red. $1.50. Barnes.
A story of inner Russia by a member of the Revolutionary party who was forced to flee from Russia to avoid Siberia. The plot concerns the tragic events of a quarter of a century ago, when czar Alexander II. was assassinated by the Nihilists and an antisemitic outbreak followed, but it is the Russia of to-day that we see, drawn from a practical knowledge of the subject. The hero of the book is a Russian prince who steps out of his class to uphold the cause of the people, marries a Hebrew woman and finally suffers imprisonment.
“The intelligent reader will find in it much sound workmanship and no little insight into the psychology of the Russian intellectuals.”
| + | Acad. 68: 472. Ap. 29, ‘05. 430w. |