Contemporary American Literature. John Matthews Manly

should never be forgotten in judging his work. The conventional element is easily discoverable as patched on, particularly in the long books.

      2. To realize the qualities that make some critics regard Mr. Anderson as perhaps our most promising novelist, examples should be noted of the following qualities which he possesses to a striking degree: (1) independence of literary traditions and methods; (2) a keen eye for details; (3) a passionate desire to interpret life; (4) a strong sense of the value of individual lives of little seeming importance.

      3. Are Mr. Anderson’s defects due to the limitations of his experience, or do you notice certain temperamental defects which he is not likely to outgrow?

      4. Mr. Anderson’s experiments in form are interesting to study. Compare the prosiness of his verse with his efforts to use poetic cadence in The Triumph of the Egg. Does it suggest to you the possibility of developing a form intermediate between prose and free verse?

      5. Does Mr. Anderson succeed best as novelist or as short-story writer? Why?

      Bibliography

       Windy McPherson’s Son. 1916. (Novel.)

       Marching Men. 1917. (Novel.)

       Mid-American Chants. 1918. (Poems.)

       Winesburg, Ohio. 1919.

       Poor White. 1920. (Novel.)

       The Triumph of the Egg. 1921.

      Studies and Reviews

       Bookm. 45 (’17): 302 (portrait), 307.

       Dial, 72 (’22): 29, 79.

       Freeman, 2 (’21) 1403; 4 (’21): 281.

       New Repub. 9 (’17): 333; 24 (’20): 330; 28 (’21): 383.

       New Statesman, 8 (’17): 330.

       Poetry, 12 (’18): 155.

       See also Book Review Digest, 1919, 1920, 1921.

      Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews—(Mrs. William Shankland Andrews)—short-story writer, novelist.

      Bibliography

       *The Perfect Tribute. 1906.

       The Militants. 1907.

       *The Lifted Bandage. 1910.

       The Counsel Assigned. 1912.

       The Marshal. 1912.

       The Three Things. 1915.

       Joy in the Morning. 1919.

       His Soul Goes Marching On. 1922.

      Studies and Reviews

       Bookm. 27 (’08): 155.

       Nation, 85 (’07): 58.

       See also Book Review Digest, 1912, 1915, 1919.

      Mary Antin (Mrs. Amadeus W. Grabau)—writer.

      Born at Polotzk, Russia, 1881. Came to America in 1894. Educated in American schools. Studied at Teachers’ College, Columbia, 1901–2, and at Barnard College, 1902–4.

      Her second book attracted attention for its fresh and sympathetic treatment of the experiences of immigrants coming to this country.

      Bibliography

       From Polotzk to Boston. 1899.

       *The Promised Land. 1912.

       They Who Knock at Our Gates. 1914.

      Studies and Reviews

       Acad. 83 (’12): 637.

       Am. M. 77 (’14): Mar., p. 64 (portrait).

       Bookm. 35 (’12): 584.

       J. Educ. 81 (’15): 91.

       Lond. Times, Oct. 10, 1912: 420.

       Outlook, 104 (’13): 473 (portrait).

      Walter Conrad Arensberg—poet.

      Illustrates in his Poems, 1914, and Idols, 1916, conversion from the old forms of verse to the new. Cf. also Others, 1916.

      For studies, cf. Untermeyer; also Dial, 69 (’20): 61 Poetry, 8 (’16): 208.

      Gertrude Franklin Atherton (Mrs. George H. Bowen Atherton)—novelist.

      Born at San Francisco, 1859. Great-grandniece of Benjamin Franklin. Educated in private schools. Has lived much abroad.

      Mrs. Atherton’s work is very uneven, but is interesting as reflecting different aspects of social and political life in this country.

      Bibliography

       The Doomswoman. 1892.

       Patience Sparhawk and Her Times. 1897.

       *American Wives and English Husbands. 1898. (Revised edition, 1919; under the title Transplanted.)

       The Californians. 1898.

       *Senator North. 1900.

       The Aristocrats. 1901.

       *The Conqueror. 1902.

       The Splendid Idle Forties. 1902.

       Rezanov. 1906.

       *Ancestors. 1907.

       Perch of the Devil. 1914.

       California—an Intimate History. 1914.

       The White Morning. 1918.

       Sisters-in-law. 1921.

       Sleeping Fires. 1922.

      Studies and Reviews

       Cooper.

       Courtney, W. L. The Feminine Note in Fiction. 1904.

       Halsey. (Women.)

       Harkins. (Women.)

       Underwood.

       

       Bookm. 12 (’01): 541, 542 (portrait); 30 (’09): 356.

       Forum, 58 (’17): 585.

      Mary Hunter Austin (Mrs. Stafford W. Austin)—novelist, dramatist.

      Born at Carlinville, Illinois, 1868. At the age of nineteen went to live in California. B. S., Blackburn University, 1888. Lived on the edge of the Mohave Desert where she is said to have worked like an Indian woman, housekeeping and gardening. Studied the desert, its form, its weather, its lights, its plants. Also studied Indian lore extensively, contributing the chapter on Aboriginal Literature to the Cambridge History of American Literature (IV [Later National Literature, III], 610ff.).

      Bibliography

       The Land of Little Rain. 1903.

       *The Basket Woman: Fanciful Tales for Children. 1904.

       Isidro. 1905.

       The Flock. 1906.

       Santa Lucia. 1908.

       Lost Borders. 1909.

       *The Arrow Maker. 1911. (Play.) (Also in Drama, 1915.)

       *A Woman of Genius. 1912.

       The Green Bough. 1913.

       The Lovely Lady. 1913.

       Love and the Soul-Maker. 1914.

       The Man Jesus. 1915.

       The Ford.