[*] “Without fully concurring with him, we find his views highly suggestive and stimulating, and ... ‘a particularly welcome addition to economic literature.’”
| + + | Lit. D. 31: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 580w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 654. O. 7, ‘05. 680w. |
Davis, Norah. Northerner. [†]$1.50. Century.
The hero of Miss Davis’ first published book is a young New York capitalist who buys a street railway and a lighting plant in an Alabama town. Titanic and aggressive, young Falls underrates the momentum of sectional prejudice even where it carries with it the sanity of a whole town. Mob violence, strikes, and a lynching form the dramatic phase of the story whose other side portrays the loyalty and courage of Joan Adair. This southern girl, tho reared to the fanatic prejudice of her townsmen, could, one is led to believe, champion right and justice impersonally, even tho the process had not been terribly confused with her love for the much misunderstood and ostracized hero.
[*] “The supreme merit of the book lies, however, in the subtle delineation of Southern life with its love, its fear, its pride, its idealism, and its prejudice.”
| + | Arena. 34: 664. D. ‘05. 500w. |
[*] “The serious questions of the Northerner are vigorously stated, and some characters and scenes very forcibly presented. The construction is bad, and there is a lot of tiresome talk.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 510. D. 21, ‘05. 340w. |
“The principal value of the story is in its depicting of the life of the half-asleep, half-awake southern town with its new-formed ambitions obscured by the rubbish of old traditions.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 200w. |