The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09

Stands today as the chief literary
critic Of the South, and in the very
forefront # the critics of the ma
ton calls especial attention to DR..
Henderson's new book, European
Dramatists. This important contri-
button to American criticism has met
with most appreciative consideration
at the hands OF critics. both at home
and abroad. DR.. Henderson is gen.
orally conceded to be a leading au-
thority on the drama of the Contem-
porary era. This was c~onspiCuOuSly
illustrated recently when he had the
honor Of being invited to be the guest
of the Drama League Of America. BY
special invitation, he delivered two ad-
dresses before that national organ
ization at its Fourth Annua Conven-
ton ut the Bellevue-Stratford, Phila-
delphia- II should be Of interest to
DIR. Henderson's riends in North Car
DINA to know that one OF the lead
ing publishing firms Of this country
has especially invited him to write
FOR them an authoritative work on the
contemporary dramatic movement.
This is an honor like Of which has
probably never before come to any
North Carolinian. 1t is be to ex-
pected that this promised work, the
fruition of the author's studies for a
number OF years past, will appear
some time during the course of the
coming year.
In their announcement Of European
Dramatists. DR.. Henderson's most re-
Gently published work, the publishers
(Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincin-
nati), have this to say:
The present work is a book at once
for the general reader, the literature,
and the student Of the drama. Here
in are considered six eminent figures
In contemporary dramatic literature,
some living. some dead, who have left
their stamp upon the age, by the dis
Effectiveness and originality of their
contribution. Each of these notable
figures has created certain new and
individual forms of art, in the special
domain of the drama. These stand
before us. rich in humanity, rich in
eenius-August S~trindberg. whose
greatest works are now winning for
him posthumous fame in the United
States; Henrick lbsen. in the light OF
the most recent literature dealing with
the evolutionary genesis OF his
dramas: Oscar Wilde. brilliant figure
Of Swallowed memory, treated with
singular insight and rare discretion;
Maurice Maeterlinck, with his magic
art of rejecting unique aspects OF
mind and states of SOULS; Bernard
Shaw. already immortaliZed in the au-
o monumental biography, discuss
ed from a new point of view; and
the alented actor, dramatiSt, and
theatre Granville Baker.
At this moment the appearance Of
such a book is peculiarly timely. Just
at this period, when America seems
to be lowering on the verge of grea1
creation in drama. when the attention
OF the entire public is devoted to e
stud OF the drama in all its forms
ancient and modern. II il most S3ll
tary and stimulating to have a stud,
OF notable contemporary foreign
figures presented in all the compleXit,
OF their genius and the originality O.
their achievement.
"A descriptive prospectus. sent on
by the publishers reads as follows:
This brilliant and original worl
deals with certain OF the leading
figures in contemporary dramatic lit
erature. The author enjoys an inter
national reputation as a critic. Hi
essays appear in leading magazine
In Europe as well as in the United
States. They find place in such publ
cations at The North American Re
view. Atlant Monthly. Harper's Ma
gaZine. Forum, Bookman, La Societe
Nouvelle. Mercure de Franco. Deut
sche Revge. nffustFereLTIdende. Finsl
Tidskrltt 7. P's Magazine, etc. etc.
1.-the present work the famou
-N13W HAS ColiNldttt o "a ~
modern dramatists outside of tn
United States. some living. some dea
-~Strindberg. lbsen. Maeterlinck
wilde. Shaw and Barker.
IL is only since Strindberg's deaf
that the world fame Of S~trindberg ha
become an actually. The author her
writes the most unbiased and search
ing account of the great swedish be
hemian which has yet appeared i
English. revealing the inequality c
StrindberG's genius. the heights t
which he attained, the depths To whic
he fell. This he has done with sir
GUITAR tact and entirely without pre-
JUDGE.
Ibsen revolutioniZed the drama
basicaliy that the contemporary play
wright. Of whatever race or nation
atty. is forced to recognize and tai
into account the magnitude of tf
changes. In his essay on lbSen. r.
vealing the most acquain
ance with the subject. the auth'
discusses. among other things. a ne