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...always been to propound a question, wrap it up in a story, present both sides with equal eloquence, and then not answer it. In this case, the question has something to do with the relative values of the post-War generation and those that came before it. As fiction, this volume is not in its author's happiest vein. It is the latest and probably the least interesting addition to that formidable series, The Forsyte Saga. Mr. Galsworthy neither knows nor understands completely the society he is discussing. He is not himself a modern...
Even Americans, if thoughtful, will realize that a hybrid, even as American culture is hybrid, he caught the vigor and rude strength of life in newly settled California. His clear, pointed style has swept the ceremonious diction of the Victorian writers from American fiction; and above all, he express that gaiety and resilience which are the distinguishing American characteristics. Bret Harte is the prophet of humor and humanity, but like most prophets he is honored everywhere but in his own land...
Educators are much exercised over the wholesale dissemination of "literary poison" in current fiction. A Canadian interested in the matter points out in the "Educational Review" that seventeen American magazines have been officially barred from Canada because of the salacious character of their contents. In discussing this problem Professor BHss Perry says: "Pernicious is that class of books that identify human behavior with animal behavior...
...Alcove" is the name of the newest book store on the Square, where Harvard students may purchase the newest and the oldest works of fiction. The Alcove is owned by two students, Leon Sifschitz 1L., and Bernard Pincus '25. Every sort of book is sold except textbooks, and the proprietors intend to make the Alcove a spot where book lovers may browse about to their hearts' content...
...Committee on Degrees in History and Literature, of which Professor R. B. Merriman '96 is chairman, announces that the award will be made ordinarily in May, and that within a year the winner is to use the money in the purchase of books of any description except current fiction...