From Behold Thy Brother to The Plated City, 1896, New York Times review
"Skill with a Difficult Theme.; THE PLATED CITY. By Bliss Perry. New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.
The color line always is a distressing topic, never to be dismissed, always dramatic, often coarsened by overvehemence. Mr. Bliss Perry, in "The Plated City," has shown marked powers of discernment and has treated a difficult subject with uncommon skill. It is the doubt about Esther Beaulieu, whether or not black blood runs in her veins, which makes her life so pathetic."
