 Although popular with the American public, Stein received considerable backlash from individuals portrayed in her book.Eugene Jolas, editor of the avant-garde journal "Transition", published a pamphlet entitled "Testimony against Gertrude Stein" in which artists such as Henri Matisse and Georges Braque expressed their objections to Stein's portrayal of the Parisian community of artists and intellectuals.Braque, in his response, criticized, "she had entirely misunderstood cubism which she sees simply in terms of personalities."