New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

are not pourings forth. There is
not a groan or shout contained be
tween the covers. They are carefully
and skillfully constructed works OF art,
done by a person 20 whom the creation
OF lovelincss and not the expression Of
a personality through the medium Of
ink and paper is the major considera-
ton"
/ AMERICAN PORTRAITS, by Gsmalicl
Bradford.
"The Bookman" says: The author
has turned an earnest invcsticator.s
eve on the men who make up this gal
lerv Of American portraits from 1873
10 1900. The result is series Of ex-
cellent psychological pictures-almoSt
soul sketches-of Mark Twain, Henry
James. James G. Blaine. j. Mcneil
Whistler. Henry Adams, Sidney Lanier,
+ Glover Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson.
He reveals something IN each that
helps tremendously in understanding
f idiosyncrasies.'
The New York Tribune recommend,
IL as being "a remarkable model for
biographers who wish 70 be informs-
tive. illum NATIVE. and yet be euinently
readable, as being a literary achieve
mcnt in its lucid. compact prose. IN
which every word counts; as supplying
serious lack Of authentic portraits Of
Americans who were conspicuous IN
the arts. politics and thought Of the
country"
"The Springfield Republican" says: !:
at is more interesting than fiction and
already more talked about than the
average novel. The authors dry hu-
NOR holds the readers attention with
out obscuring the high critical quality
Of his work
BIRTHRIGHJ. by T. S. Stribling.
'Birthright is not only r splendid
study Of the negro. IL is splendid
American novel; story which could
be the result only Of years Of patient
and keen observation, out Of the heart
and soul Of n man who knows the black
and sees him just as he is.'-Charles
Hanson Towne, in The New YORK
Tribune.
John Farrar, editor Of "The Book.
man." grants 1t but sesnt praise and
is oppressed by sense Of It's miser-
able style while granting its dramatic
value.
There ia considerable disagreement
among representatives. Of the negro
race as 10 its value and ethical verify.
W. s. Braithwaite in The Boston
Transcript" compares Peter Siner 20
the heroine Of Main Street and says
that neither was a cultured person and
so could not impose an ideal OF culture
upon their respective communities. He
states that as novel "Birthright Is
very bad piece OF work.
WHITE AND BLACK, by H. A. Stands
II is the fate Of white and Black
70 be inevitably coupled with its pre-
decessor, "Birthright" as an interpre-
tation Of the negro problem.
1T is life rich in drama, full OF
passion. OF hot hates and loves. OF QUICK
death and Of elemental things from
which good fiction has always been
made" Herschel Bricknell, in The
Literary Review.
Burton Rascoe, In The New York
Tribune. writes: at is an elementary
tale. A family Of negroes performs the
menial labor Of the family Of an indus
trious. strong fbered, upright white
farm owner, who commands AZ once the
respcct and love Of his negro depend
ents; the white mans son seduees the
necro's favorite daughter with bau-
BILE; this is repetition OF a rnisstep
tho boys father had made IN ms own
youth; there is a remarkable scene IN
which the heart-broken negro. trained
in awe OF the body Of his master and
his masters people. beats the master $
favorite horse in impotent anguish and
revenge; and finally the master himself
is shot on his own doorstep while try
ing TO protect negro from the hu-
Klux Khan. Mr.. Stands position IS un-
eouivocally that of an artist who sees
the situation as a whole and. go seeing
il, has only resigned regret that ~
exists. He stresses nothing; he exag-
gerates nothing; he has no fscile solu-
tion 70 offer. He has merely written a
highly poetic tragic drama out OF ex-
isting materials in contemporary Amer
lean life. should recommend the
novsl as literary achievement OF sig
nifcance and value
W c. Braithwaite. in "The Boston
Transcript says White and blaek
is worth a thousand 'Birthrights' and
il seems TO be the very best novel deal
ing with racial contacts that has come
out OF the South II is first and last
an appealing. fascinating and thrilling
story. As novelist il is the purpose
Of Stands 70 deal with what he knows
and finds impartially, and because Of
this there is very little excuse for pro
test or rage on the part Of the race
against the author