THE BOOKMAN'S LITERARY CLUB SERVICE Believing that clubs will welcome an outline which combines range of subject with an authoritative understanding of the end to be achieved, the editors have brought together representative committees of authors, students, and critics to present for the use of women's clubs an outline which will contain both elements. The divisions of the series are: I. Contemporary American Fiction (see THE BOOKMAN for October, November, December, 1922, January, 1923); II. Contemporary American Poetry (see THE BOOKMAN for March, April, May, June, July, August, 1923); IIÏ. Contemporary American Drama (see THE BOOKMAN from November, 1923 through July, 1924); IV. The Short Story. After contemporary American literature has been covered, programs on the historical background of our literature will be given and these will be followed by a survey of the English field. The BOOKMAN programs are formed, not by the editors of this magazine but by a board of advice which has been organized to include names from various lines of literary thought in America, so that the result will represent no one group. The executive committee of advice is as follows: Mary Austin, the novelist; Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick, librarian of the St. Louis Public Library; Dr. Carl Van Doren, one of the editors of "The Century"; Mrs. L. A. Miller, chairman of literature, General Federation of Women's Clubs; May Lamberton Becker, of the "Reader's Guide" of "The Saturday Review"; Dr. Joseph Fort Newton, rector of the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City; Booth Tarkington, the novelist; and Rose V. S. Berry, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The Editor of THE BOOKMAN and his advisers and associates will answer promptly and to the best of their ability any question confronting any literary club. Such questions should be addressed "THE BOOKMAN'S Literary Club Service". HE fifth instalment of THE BOOK THAN's study utline of the contempo MAN'S study outline of the contemporary American short story treats of six more writers of "Stories of Ideas". For such of them as have published collections of stories we have indicated one or more representative works. As a general reference list we suggest: Indexes Index to Short Stories. Ina Ten Eyck Firkins. The Best Short Stories of 1924 (and other years). Anthologies Representative American Short Stories. Alexander The Best Short Stories of 1924, etc. Edward J. 9. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1924, Thrice Told Tales. Blanche Colton Williams. Short Stories by Present-Day Authors. Raymond The Stories Editors Buy and Why. Jean Wick. Modern Short Stories. Frederick Houk Law. Contemporary Short Stories. Kenneth Allan Short Stories of America. Robert L. Ramsay. References The Development of the American Short Story. HARPER. The Book of the Short Story. Alexander Jessup and Henry Seidel Canby. APPLETON. The Advance of the American Short Story. Ed- The Short Story in English. Henry Seidel Canby. Short Story Writing for Profit. M. Joseph. Short Story Writing. N. B. Fagin. SELTZER. Narrative Technique. T. H. Uzzell. HARCOURT, A Handbook on Story Writing. Blanche Colton A Manual of the Short Story Art. G. Clark. The Art and the Business of Story Writing. Wal- Arthur Sulli Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing. Arthur Short Stories in the Making. R. W. Neal. Writing the Short Story. J. B. Esenwein. HINDS, Authors of the Day. Grant Overton. DORAN. THE CONTRIBUTORS' COLUMN whatever that may be, with an explanation of why that elusive monster is unwhipped by the law. The Hearst papers a few years ago printed, as conclusive evidence that Governor Smith was unworthy of public confidence, the charge that he not only knew this bad man, but had elevated him from his natural iniquity into a job as counsel for a state commission, to investigate the state prisons, and to sift charges filed against the superintendent of a hospital for insane criminals. The fit-to-prints find Mr. Alger a mild eyed publicist: an officer of the City Club; on the board of many charities, and for many years an occasional contributor to that most respectable of our magazines, "The Atlantic Monthly". The morgue shows him to have been a long time friend of T. R., and that the late Samuel Gompers recorded appreciation of his fairmindedness and clearness in stating the legal problems of labor. JOSEPH COLLINS has been playing golf and shooting in the south, and writes that he has enjoyed basking in the sun and warmth. He expects to return to New York City and work before the month is out. His "Taking the Literary Pulse" (Doran) was the latest of this doctor's speculations on life and literature. CHARLES HANSON TOWNE of the American Play Company is as much a diner out as ever this winter, and one hears of his clever remarks from coast to coast. GRANT OVERTON writes us from "Collier's Weekly" that he has never enjoyed any job so much as that of fiction editor to that publication. His particular effect on the magazine, we judge, will not begin to be apparent until the April 11 issue. Mr. Overton has recently gone south to spend a weekend with Ellen Glasgow, about whom he will soon do one of his pieces for THE BOOKMAN. HELEN ANTHONY is a native of Connecticut who was graduated from Mount Holyoke College. She is teaching in Massachusetts and working on several books. We hear that she has red hair. This fact may be irrelevant, but we don't think so. JOSEPHINE PINCKNEY of Charleston, South Carolina, has long been known to readers of poetry magazines. She is an able critic and a good poet. At present she is traveling in Europe. EDWARD WASSERMANN, born in New York City in 1896, received his degree of A.B. from Yale, class of 1918. Before getting his degree, however, he served for three years with the American Expeditionary Forces, and it was during his days in France that he became a great friend of Anatole France. Mr. Wassermann, who is in the brokerage business, has always been a lover of literature, especially French literature, but his paper in the present issue of THE BOOKMAN is his first appearance in print. LOUIS BROMFIELD has completed the manuscript of a new long novel dealing with a woman genius, which will have September publication. ERNEST BOYD has been writing, among other things, a very interesting series of articles for "Harper's Magazine" in which the classics are discussed from a modern viewpoint. His "Portraits: Real and Imaginary” (Doran), containing the famous essay, “Esthete, 1924", has received much favorable press comment. This essay and Mr. Boyd's critical life in general were recently pilloried by some of the self styled young æsthetes in a magazine published apparently for that purpose alone, pose alone, "Esthete, 1925". Esthete, 1925". Mr. Boyd seems to have survived the catastrophe. RICHARDSON WRIGHT, the editor of “House and Garden", is one of the best writers of the light essay in the country, in our humble opinion. His last collected volume was "A Small House and Large Garden" (Houghton Mifflin). CHARLES R. WALKER, author of "Steel" (Atlantic), associated with "The Atlantic Monthly" and "The Independent". is living at Concord, New Hampshire, this winter and devoting himself entirely to writing. LUTHER E. ROBINSON is professor of English in Monmouth College, frequent lecturer on English and American literature, and a contributor of book reviews and articles to the magazines. Among his published volumes are "A History of Illinois" and "Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Letters". Professor Robinson is spending this year in Washington, at the Library of Congress, finishing two volumes on phases of American literature. WILL H. SOLLE is a famous and charming bookseller at Kroch's store in Chicago. If there is anyone in the United States more informed on books, he or she is lurking in an obscure corner. THE BOOKMAN'S LITERARY CLUB SERVICE Believing that clubs will welcome an outline which combines range of subject with an authoritative understanding of the end to be achieved, the editors have brought together representative committees of authors, students, and critics to present for the use of women's clubs an outline which will contain both elements. The divisions of the series are: I. Contemporary American Fiction (see THE BOOKMAN for October, November, December, 1922, January, 1923); II. Contemporary American Poetry (see THE BOOKMAN for March, April, May, June, July, August, 1923); III. Contemporary American Drama (see THE BOOKMAN from November, 1923 through July, 1924); IV. The Short Story. After contemporary American literature has been covered, programs on the historical background of our literature will be given and these will be followed by a survey of the English field. The BOOKMAN programs are formed, not by the editors of this magazine but by a board of advice which has been organized to include names from various lines of literary thought in America, so that the result will represent no one group. The executive committee of advice is as follows: Mary Austin, the novelist; Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick, librarian of the St. Louis Public Library; Dr. Carl Van Doren, one of the editors of "The Century"; Mrs. L. A. Miller, chairman of literature, General Federation of Women's Clubs; May Lamberton Becker, of the "Reader's Guide" of "The Saturday Review"; Dr. Joseph Fort Newton, rector of the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York City; Booth Tarkington, the novelist; and Rose V. S. Berry, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The Editor of THE BOOKMAN and his advisers and associates will answer promptly and to the best of their ability any question confronting any literary club. Such questions should be addressed "THE BOOKMAN'S Literary Club Service''. Representative American Short Stories. Alexander The Best Short Stories of 1924, etc. Edward J. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1924, Thrice Told Tales. Blanche Colton Williams. Short Stories by Present-Day Authors. Raymond The Stories Editors Buy and Why. Jean Wick. Modern Short Stories. Frederick Houk Law. Contemporary Short Stories. Kenneth Allan THE BOOKMAN ADVERTISER THE CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORY Committee: Gerald H. Carson, Chairman; Henry S. Canby, Ellis Parker Butler, Maxwell Aley, Stephen Vincent Benét. III: Stories of Ideas (Second Instalment) KATHARINE FULLERTON GEROULD Valiant Dust. SCRIBNER. 1922. Mrs. Gerould, whose husband is professor of English at Princeton, was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1879, and has written most frequently of New England. She was graduated from Radcliffe College in 1900 and was a reader in Bryn Mawr College until 1910. In 1900 she received the " Century" prize for the best story from a college graduate. Mrs. Gerould contributes essays and verse to the magazines, and her short stories can be found in "The Century", "Harper's", "Scribner's", "McClure's", "Everybody's", and "The Atlantic Monthly". REFERENCES: The Best Short Stories of 1917. SUSAN GLASPELL Lifted Masks. STOKES. 1912. Susan Glaspell, perhaps better known as a dramatist, is the widow of George Cram Cook, with whom she collaborated in the writing of plays. She was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1882, received her Ph.B. at Drake University, and took postgraduate work at the University of Chicago. She was at one time State House and legislative reporter on the "News" and the 'Capital" in Des Moines. Her stories may be found in "Good Housekeeping", "The Ladies' Home Journal", "Harper's", and "Munsey's". REFERENCE: 66 The Best Short Stories of 1919. JAMES HOPPER James Marie Hopper is another lawyer-writer on this list. He was born in Paris in 1876 and came to America in 1887. He was educated at the University of California, and admitted to the bar in 1900. He has been a reporter on San Francisco newspapers, instructor of French at the University of California, a member of the educational department in the Philippines, of the staff of "McClure's", and war correspondent for "Collier's" in France. Mr. Hopper contributes stories to "The Saturday Evening Post", "Collier's", and "The Woman's Home Companion". REFERENCE: O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1923. 25 Study at Home V Under the guidance of university teachers, English, Psychology, History, Education, Mathematics, Business and 40 other subjects by mail. All courses command High School or College credit. Begin now. The University of Chicago 26 Ellis Hall Please mention THE BOOKMAN in writing to advertisers CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THE BOOKMAN ADVERTISER RUPERT HUGHES "Momma" and Other Unimportant People. HARPER. 1920. Rupert Hughes, short story writer, novelist, and editor, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, in 1872. He was educated at Western Reserve University and Yale. He has been assistant editor on Godey's Magazine", "Current Literature", and "The Criterion", and a member of the staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica Company. During the world war he attained the rank of major in the United States army. Mr. Hughes has recently been engaged in writing and directing motion pictures in California, where he is affiliated with the Goldwyn company. His short stories appear in "The Saturday Evening Post", "Cosmopolitan", "The Ladies' Home Journal", and 'Hearst's' REFERENCE: The Best Short Stories of 1920. DON MARQUIS Carter and Other People. APPLETON. 1921. Donald Robert Perry Marquis is the actual name of this well known writer of light verse and newspaper columnist. He was born at Walnut, Illinois, July 19, 1878. He has combined the careers of journalist, short story writer, and playwright, and is a member of the American Institute of Arts and Letters. His play "The Old Soak' proved exceedingly popular a couple of seasons back. At present he lives on Long Island and conducts a column on the New York "HeraldTribune". His short stories have appeared almost exclusively in "The Red Book". ALICE DUER MILLER Alice Duer Miller was born in New York in 1874, married to Henry Wise Miller of that city in 1899, the year of her graduation from Barnard College, and still makes her home there. Her serial "Manslaughter", which ran in "The Saturday Evening Post" two years ago and was made into a motion picture, brought her forcibly to the attention of that portion of the public not already acquainted with her short stories. These appear in "The Red Book", "Harper's", "Scribner's", "The Saturday Evening Post", and, now almost exclusively, in "The Woman's Home Companion". REFERENCE: " O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920. (To be continued in May.) MAMMONART by Upton Sinclair The most revolutionary criticism of literature and the arts ever penned. 400 pages, cloth $2, paper-bound $1, postpaid. Men Who Know Advise You to Rely on the "Supreme Authority" WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY The Merriam Webster The Hon. Calvin Coolidge, while Vice President, wrote: "Webster's New International Dictionary has been the official reference and authority in my office." William Lyons Phelps, of Yale, "It is the best one-volume English dictionary that I have ever seen. 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