SOURCE: "Saroyan High Jinks," in The New York Times Book Review, November 4, 1934, p. 7.

A drama critic for Time from 1938 to 1961, Kronenberger was a distinguished historian, literary critic, and author highly regarded for his expertise in eighteenth-century English history and literature. In the following review of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other Stories, he acknowledges Saroyan's talent but maintains that he has yet to prove himself as a writer.

Mr. Saroyan's first short stories aroused considerable attention when they appeared, some months ago, in magazines; and his first book The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other Stories, will unquestionably arouse more. He appears on the scene ready, as it were, to take a bow. There is nothing retiring or hesitant about him; he writes in what might be termed the autobiographical grand style. Under the guise of writing short stories he will...