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ReviewsLynd Ward's magnificent drawings have a fine sweep and power; at the same time they are drawn with real understanding of childhood., There is just enough humanizing in the pictures . . . to maintain the human spirit of the story and lead to its message: 'Each to his own place, little brother.', "There is just enough humanizing in the pictures--the intimation of a face on the tower, fog forming a grasping hand--to maintain the human spirit of the story and lead to its message: 'Each to his own place, little brother.' " --New York Herald Tribune "Such a picture-story book as Mrs. Swift and Mr. Ward have made between them will not only be deeply enjoyed by boys and girls ... but will help to cultivate in them the seeing eye, and make them sensitive to the beauty which they can so easily find around them." --The New York Times --, Praise for the original hardcover edition: "Told in the age-old rhythmic style of folklore, this story of modern times is unusually successful."-- Saturday Review "Magnificent drawings . . . drawn with real understanding of childhood."-- The New York Times "[A] well-loved story."-- Publishers Weekly, "Lynd Ward's magnificent drawings have a fine sweep and power; at the same time they are drawn with real understanding of childhood."- -The New York Times "There is just enough humanizing in the pictures . . . to maintain the human spirit of the story and lead to its message: 'Each to his own place, little brother.'"- -New York Herald Tribune, "Lynd Ward's magnificent drawings have a fine sweep and power; at the same time they are drawn with real understanding of childhood."--The New York Times "There is just enough humanizing in the pictures . . . to maintain the human spirit of the story and lead to its message: 'Each to his own place, little brother.'"--New York Herald Tribune