Produced by Al Haines
1918
These little records of some excursions made by what Mr. James called"a visiting mind" first saw the light of public countenance in thepages of various publications. "On Going to Art Exhibitions" has beenmuch expanded since its appearance in Vanity Fair. In The UnpopularReview the original title of "That Reviewer 'Cuss'" was brought intoharmony with the dignity of its setting by being changed to "The HackReviewer." "A Clerk May Look at a Celebrity" was printed in the NewYork Times under the head "Glimpses of Celebrities." This paper hasbeen included in this collection at the request of severaldistinguished gentlemen who have been so unfortunate as to lose theirnewspaper clippings of the article. That several of the personagesfiguring in this and one or two other of these papers have passed awaysince these papers were written seems to be thought an additionalreason for reprinting these essays here. The Bellman fell for"Caun't Speak the Language"; the New York Tribune, "Humours of theBookshop"; The Independent, "Reading After Thirty," "You Are anAmerican" appeared in the New York Sun; where the head "An AmericanReviewer in London" was substituted for the title of "Literary Levitiesin London." The following papers were contributed to the New YorkEvening Post: "The Fish Reporter," "On Going a Journey," "ARoundabout Paper," "Henry James, Himself," "Memories of a Manuscript,""Why Men Can't Read Novels by Women," "The Dessert of Life," "HuntingLodgings," "My Friend, the Policeman," "Help Wanted," "Human MunicipalDocuments," "As to People," "A Town Constitutional," and "On Wearing aHat." "On Carrying a Cane" appeared in The Bookman. I thank theeditors of the publications named for permission to reprint thesepapers here. R. C. H.
New York, 1918.
Some people, without doubt, are born with a deep instinct for carryinga cane; some consciously acquire the habit of carrying a cane; and somefind themselves in a position where the matter