"Had Reedy done nothing more than discover [Edgar Lee] Masters, he would have enjoyed a permanent, if minor, footnote in American  letters, but he also published, popularized, and encouraged a good many other turn-of-the-century authors; so many that by the time one finishes Max Putzel´s The Man in the Mirror, it is clear that Reedy´s impact on twentieth-century writing should be reevaluated....The Man in the Mirror is easy reading, and scholars from numerous disciplines will enjoy Putzel´s command of his subject."
--Herbert K. Russell, Journal of Illinois History