| + | Outlook. 81: 835. O. 7, ‘05. 50w. |
Lefevre, Edwin. [Golden flood.] [†]$1. McClure.
The story of a young chemist who outwitted both the president of New York’s largest bank and the richest man in the world by depositing assay office checks to the amount of several millions a week until the great financiers believed that he manufactured his gold in his laboratory is cleverly told. Wall street and the reader are excited until the young man has made his fortune and explained his methods.
“Mr. Lefevre’s delightful sense of humor would sufficiently commend his book, were it not also remarkable for its technical adroitness and its excellent character touches.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 283. S. ‘05. 90w. |
“This is an exceedingly interesting story.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 359. Je. 3, ‘05. 300w. |
“Mr. Edwin Lefevre has constructed an interesting story with a most ingeniously worked out dénouement. It is a dénouement in the very simplicity of which lies its strength.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w. | |
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w. |
“That story, however, has more than its element of uniqueness to recommend it. The studies in the characters of great financiers, Gentile and Jew, are of unusual vividness and verisimilitude.”