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[Review of The Marrow of Tradition]

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "[Review of The Marrow of Tradition]," Friends' Intelligencer 58 (December 21, 1901): 814.

The books of Charles W. Chesnutt, dealing with the "problems" that arise out of the "race question" in the Southern States, have become a recognized part of American literature. His latest one, "The Marrow of Tradition," is no doubt the most powerful he has yet written. It is a story, rapidly told, of a series of events in a Southern town, Wellington, including a "race riot," a threatened lynching, and other features that have been made only too familiar in recent times. Readers of his books will find in them extraordinary literary ability; they recall "Uncle Tom's Cabin" itself.

(Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.50.)

  • Cite (Chicago style): Anonymous, "[Review of The Marrow of Tradition]," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed April 18, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00287.
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