| + + — | Dial. 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 510w. |
“Is not in so happy a vein. The author sees things too big, and he has not enough confidence in the virtue of the American people, which will outlast transient vices.”
| — | Ind. 59: 1154. N. 16, ‘05. 70w. |
“This is not a book that we should care to see in the hands of youth.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 205. S. 7, ‘05. 730w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w. |
“Mr. Herrick’s book is a book among many and it comes nearer reflecting a certain kind of recognizable, contemporaneous American spirit than anybody has yet done.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 482. Jl. 22, ‘05. 620w. |
“The story is worked out with extraordinary virility, realism, and truth. Deserves reading, not only because of its subject and its moral force, but because of the thorough, faithful, and even artistic way in which the material is handled.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 935. Ag. 12, ‘05. 290w. |
[*] “It is penetrated by genuine intensity of spirit, and shows the hand of a high-minded and accomplished workman.”