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This book presents advice for readers of the early 20th century by providing biographical sketches and insights into the works of popular authors John Galsworthy, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Train, V. Sackville-West, Harold Bell Wright, Ralph Connor, Booth Tarkington, Donald Ogden Stewart, Zona Gale, Gene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Overton, Grant M. (Grant Martin), 1887-1930 (Author)
Corporate Author:	Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : D. Appleton & Co.: George H. Doran Company: Doubleday, Page & Co.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
Subjects:	American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Galsworthy, John, > 1867-1933. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937. Morley, Christopher, > 1890-1957. Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 Galsworthy, John, > 1867-1933 Morley, Christopher, > 1890-1957 Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937 American literature English literature 1900-1999 Literary criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:	Internet Archive, San Francisco Public Library

Table of Contents:

Mr. Galsworthy's secret loyalties
The magic carpet
A breathless chapter
In the kingdom of Conrad
The documents in the case of Arthur Train
The lady of a tradition, Miss Sackville-West
Harold Bell Wright
"Ah, did you once see Shelley Plain?"
Alice in authorland and Penrod's five-foot shelf
The man called Ralph Connor
Here, there and everywhere
Totalling Mr. Tarkington
A parody outline of Stewart
Miss Zona Gale
For the literary investor
Naturalist vs. novelist: Gene Stratton-Porter
Poetry and plays
Lost patterns
Joseph C. Lincoln discovers Cape Cod
Edith Wharton and the time spirit
The unclassified case of Christopher Morley
The prophecies of Lothrop Stoddard.