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Special Correspondence.
7 ONDON, June 22.-"EngIsh Bards
and Scotch Reviewers WAS the
title, It will be remembered Of
Byron's savage onslaught upon
the Edinburgh Review, and that Of
American Books and English Re-
viewers might be applied to the dis
cussiop that has been raging Of late in
prominent London newspaper re-
gHrdmg works from The United states
and their standing in this country.
Probably echoes of this argument have
not failed TO reach the other side of the
Atlantic, II started i'm the Chronicle,
- which is known as the most literary
OF the London lallies-and arose out
Of book-rovlow which appeared rec
Gently in the columns Of that nows-
paper The volume reviewed which
had as its subject Matthew Arnold,
was published by G.. r. Putuams Sons,
and perhaps this was why the reviewer,
who roasted the work get the impress
sion that It's origin was American, ana
gave this impression Ia what he wrote
about IT, Instantly came letter from
George II. Putnam, who Is now I'M the
country pointing out that the volumes
author was not American at all, but
English, and deprocltlng what the
publisher described as a prejudice
against American books on the part
Of British reviewers. The resultant
discussion has been Us to whether such
q prejudice exists, and opinions have
been expressed by authors, reviewers
and publlshers-among them John
Lauc. rita Mrs Dudenoy and, last
n.y. Arthur Waugh who wrote the Of
Tending review. II was asserted by
one witness that the books by Amerl-
can professors that find their way over
here almost invariably compare 40 un-
fayorably with the works of British
sayants that no English reviewer can
Doe blamed for feeling some msgivng
on encOuntor'ng a supposedly pro-
found" volume from the other side, but
even this writer denied Indignantly
chat n book Of any kind would be
roasted here, regardless II Its mer'
It's, simply because II was American.
Possibly the FIRST part OF the foregoing
may be truo-thOugh one hopes IL
isn't Regarding the point at issue
the present writer's experience has lcg
him 10 believe that an American work
Oh I'NtI 'IANllA MAl'AllNN ffNI NNhH "I lA""
tlou-wil BIZ recognized ns such ry
90 out Of 100 British reviewers. But
when AN American book is b1d-welL
then ] think there is q tendency on
the part OF most literary critics o. make
rather a pelnt Of IT'S transatlantic erie
siu,
DR.. Emil Reich, whose book
Success Among Nations" seems
10 have aroused good deal of
controversy in the United States
Just as II has over hcre-ls a smooth
faced, handsome, mlddle-aged Hungar-
Ian sayant who has the gift Of speech
10 an almost miraculous degree. lie
has been giving q course OF university
lectures In London this season on a
wide range OF topics. packed with all
sorts Of difficult facts, and yet with
never 80 much as o Cun-note 90 look
at. His eloquence * of the persuasive
sort that somehow enables him 90 tell
an audience largely composed OF Eng
ish women that as rule he thinks
English women are rather a tame lot
not az an comparable with their sis
ters i'm France. Tor example, There Is
something about his fiery enthusiasm
That takes the sting out OF the words.