This study reconstructs the position of the American modernist author, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) in the eyes of American newspaper and magazine columnists and is thus a guide to her critical reception. While including pieces on Stein by Carl Van Vechten, William Carlos Williams, and Katherine Anne Porter, this collection also includes previously estimations from contemporaries such as H. L. Mencken, Mina Loy, and Conrad Aiken. The book borrows from a range of sources — from leading literary outlets such as the New Yorker to a number of regional newspapers. Most of the material in the volume has never before been reprinted.