| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 451. Jl. 8, ‘05. 570w. |
“From a literary point of view there is little to be said of the book, which merits attention chiefly through giving publicity to campaign methods from apparently authentic ‘inside’ information.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 60w. |
“There are certain crudities of plot and language, but one readily pardons them because it is a good story and does not turn out in the last chapter to be a brief for political reform.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 676. Ap. 29, ‘05. 320w. |
“That story is told with an almost prodigal display of intelligence and power.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 180w. |
Altsheler, Joseph A. Guthrie of the Times: a story of success. $1.50. Doubleday.
“Mr. Joseph A. Altsheler has deserted the field of warfare for that of present-day journalism and politics, and has given us in his ‘Guthrie of the Times,’ an interesting and straightforward story of modern life—‘a story of success,’ he calls it, and the description is true in more senses than one. The scene of the novel is a state unnamed, but easily identifiable as Kentucky; the hero is a newspaper writer of resource and high ideals; the heroine is a young woman who has to become re-Americanized after a life spent mainly abroad. How the hero defeats the attempt to impeach a public officer in the interests of a corrupt financial enterprise, how the heroine witnessing, admires, and how in the end he wins both her love and an unexpected nomination for congress, are the chief matters which enlist our interest.”—Dial.
“One cannot criticize this type of story, however. It is to be enjoyed or laid aside, according to taste and temperament. It is very American.”