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Word: half-wit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1916-1916
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...fresher is the material around which Mr. Henderson writes his "Unseen Genius." The village half-wit who reads voraciously, with his doting mother and the stupid, brutal father, on whom he finally bends the horsewhip, is a perennially appearing subject. But here, too, there are bright spots. Mr. Henderson's local color is well painted; his realism (although I draw the line at mention of "Aunt Hitty's old entrails" being "stirred to the depths"--especially after Mr. Gowdy's remark that Jim Gowan's rival had not "a white spot in 'im from the guts up") is undeniably effective...

Author: By Kenneth PAYSON Kempton ., | Title: Monthly Lacks "Hot Tar" | 11/1/1916 | See Source »

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