Children of All Ages*
CHILDREN AND OLDER PEOPLE—Ruth Suckow—Knopf ($2.50).
Pigeon-holers used to put Ruth Suckow into the compartment marked "Dreary Middle West, small-town." Pigeon-holers were wrong. Authoress Suckow is not one of those documentary writers who cannot see the people for the buildings. She has more than a hint of that knack Katherine Mansfield had, which many a Russian writer has, of holding a simplifying lens up to human nature. In this book of 14 short stories about Children and Older People you have the almost constant feeling...
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