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...Criticism has forms that run the gamut from a brickbat to a disapproving silence, but criticism as a profession is not crowded with leaders. Thoughtful U. S. citizens, dazed by the soundless flicker of statistics, deafened by the screams of professional iconoclasts, lulled by the thin whisper of unco-highbrows, should be grateful for the reassuringly human voice of Critic Van Wyck Brooks. He is known by the minority that reads him as a sound, tonic, unacademic observer whose interest in the tall trees of literary criticism has not blinded him to the more important U. S. forest. These Three...
Lewis prepared at Roxbury Latin School and was secretary-treasurer of his class as a Freshman. In his first year he was a member of the Instrumental Clubs and rowed on the first Crew. As a Sophomore he was one of the founders of the Critic...
There will be two other articles. One, entitled "Henry James and Harvard Yard--A Discussion of James' 'Reaction to Harvard' Architecture," has been written by John B. Wheelwright '20. The other on George Moore as a critic of Thomas Hardy is by Whitney Case...
...addition to the articles mentioned above this month's Scribner's contains two fair stories, an enlightening article on "Art Renascence under Federal patronage," several mediocre poems, and a list of lone hundred books of the year by the seasoned literary critic, William Lyon Phelps...
...twinkling legs and gay little voice used to give her admirers much pleasure in musicomedies (Tip Toes), has recently taken to straight comedy. She has been touring in Every Thursday, does herself an injustice by bringing this unworthy comedy to Broadway. Queenie Smith's husband, Robert Garland, theatre critic for the World-Telegram, refrained from reviewing his wife's play. In his stead, second-string Critic William Boehnel praised the actress, deplored her vehicle...