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...leaves the reader with the feeling that Mr. Cahill is too much of an eclectic in his tastes, that he is too anxious to hear all sides. Hence, at the end notably, and in many other places elsewhere, he seems to be merely cataloging names--the sonorous cognomens of Abastonia St. Leger Eberle, Minna Harkaway, and Renee Prahar are included in the head-roll of those women sculptors who "have done good work"; the names of the Bright Young Men are also quite as resonant: Albino Cavallito, Oronzio Maldarelli, and Polygnotos Vagis. One would have liked more criticism...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 3/1/1935 | See Source »

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