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...SIGNIFICANCE. - Black Oxen deals with Society and Sophisticates. That is a way of Mrs. Atherton's- capitalizing categories. She sees in terms of classification. One of the less happy results is that her characters are often types and not at all individuals...
...CRITICS.-The scientific probability of Mary Zattiany's rejuvenation has caused considerable discussion. Such cures have been affirmed. Whether they are sufficiently established to warrant Mrs. Atherton's use of the idea is another matter. In general, the book has been well received. Says Dr. Henry Seidel Canby, Editor of The Literary Review: "It is as a social description, done with a power that beats into shape a turgid style, that one must praise Black Oxen...
...AUTHOR.-Gertrude Atherton is a Californian, a great-grandniece of Benjamin Franklin, and a widow. She has lived for some years in Vienna, and her present home is in New York. Among her earlier books are: Patience Sparhawk and Her Times, The Conqueror (a romantic biography of Alexander Hamilton), The Splendid Idle Forties, Tower of Ivory, Mrs. Balfame, The Living Present, Rulers of Kings. Black Oxen is probably her best work...
...Black Oxen-Gertrude Atherton -Boni...
...summary: 1926 A. R. Allen Jr. 92 Richard Collins Jr. 95 Atherton Noyes Jr. 91 F. O. Stranahan 100 R. H. Wight 96 Total 474 Boston Latin School Chase 94 Mayhew 89 Emerson 92 Weber 92 Best 90 Total...