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- ↑ "Frank Norris' "Third Circle."" . The Houston Post. Houston, Texas. June 13, 1909. p. 52. Retrieved October 19, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "The Third Circle. By Frank Norris". The Spectator. September 18, 1909. p. 25. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Reviewed Work: The Third Circle by Frank Norris". The Sewanee Review. 17 (4): 501. October 1909. JSTOR 27532334.
