Title page

LITERATURE
IN THE MAKING

BY

SOME OF ITS MAKERS

PRESENTED BY

JOYCE KILMER

One hand passes a staff to another hand

HARPER & BROTHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Literature in the Making

Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published April, 1917

TO

LOUIS BEVIER, PH.D., LITT.D.

AND

LOUIS BEVIER, JR.

CONTENTS

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WAR STOPS LITERATURE	3
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
William Dean Howells, the foremost American novelistof his generation, was born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio,March 11, 1837. Most of his many novels have beenrealistic and sympathetic studies of contemporary Americanlife. For some years he has written "The Editor'sEasy Chair" in Harper's Magazine. He has receivedhonorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Columbia,and in 1915 the National Institute of Arts and Lettersawarded him its Gold Medal "For distinguished workin fiction." The Daughter of the Storage and Years of MyYouth are his latest books.
THE JOYS OF THE POOR	19
KATHLEEN NORRIS
Kathleen Norris was born in San Francisco, California,July 16, 1880. She is the wife of Charles Gilman Norris,himself a writer and the brother of the late Frank Norris.Among Mrs. Norris's best-known novels are Mother,The Story of Julia Page, and The Heart of Rachel.
NATIONAL PROSPERITY AND ART	35
BOOTH TARKINGTON
Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,July 29, 1869. A prolific and brilliant writer, he hasscored many successes of different types, being the authorof the romantic drama Monsieur Beaucaire, and of manynovels dealing with contemporary Middle-Western life.Recently he has, in Seventeen and the "Penrod" stories,given his attention to the comedies and tragedies ofAmerican youth.
ROMANTICISM AND AMERICAN HUMOR	45
MONTAGUE GLASS
Montague Glass was born at Manchester, England, July23, 1877. Coming in his youth to the United States,he brought into American fiction a new type—that ofthe metropolitan Jewish-American business man. HisPotash ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!