New-York tribune., 1922-11-05
HARGARET STORM JAMESON
was born In Whitby, on the

" HARGARET STORM JAMESON
i was born In Whitby, on the
AM Yorkshire coast of England
i. " several less than thirty years
ago. Somewhere around 1926
there, too, authorities are vagues she
married Mr.. G. Dougan Clark, OF an old
American family Of Yorkshire descent
They have one son, Billy Storm Clark.
| hope he takes after his mother.
Besides "The Clash Storm Jameson
hrs wrisssn two novels .'fhe Pot
Boilsr t19i9) and "The Happy High
ways" Is20)--and "The Modern Drama
weighty articles ON the social and eco.
nomic relations of England and the
United States In "Tha New Europe"
and has been assistant editor of "The
Commonwealth"
After completing scholarship at
Leeds University she wrote her study
of the drama for her masters degree
at London University. In this thesis,
either in spite of or because of her
knowledge Of her subject, she made no
faintest mention OF the United States.
This surprised me, If nobody else, since
in thesis of my own written for q
the University of Chicago, had
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even an arm and leg or two across the
sea, in connection with something
about the Eliaabethans, / forget just
what.
Some of the above information
have lifted verbatim from the jacket
of 1.-THE Clash" pass 1t along in the
belief that anything whatever about
Storm Jameson is important in the
circumstances, perhaps more important
than criticism Of the work she has
done e Ear. Il y 9 mean thing to say,
but Miss Jameson is a writer of the
most brilliant promise. believe,
moreover, that she was born to belong
to the small group Of contemporary
novelists of the first order Of merit
and that she will one day step triumph
antly into her rightful place.
1t would be a strangely unfeeling
not confess that the book had moved
him deeply and stirred him to admi-
ration by numerous points of excel
lence. But one is forced by certain
exasperations to strangle the voice
Of ones critical demon, who whispers
urgently: "If you have adjectives pre-
pare TO shed them now" Even so
ssThe Clash" is the best novel / happen
to have read since "Crome Yellow,
with which 1T has nothing whatever In
common except civilized author.
My interest is rather in the great
potentialities of Storm Jameson, in hey
strong, rushing spirit, her scorns and
frozen hatreds, her emotional intensl.
ties, her wisdom OF life. She has al
ready achieved style that is like rich
wine. She brings a Nietzschean fury
that surely this branch of literature
can well bear at this time. She would
reach beyond life to the finer than
life. Yes, in this novel Mrs. lara
thustra speaks.
1t need hardly be pointed out that
she has no affinities with the authors
Of certain fiourishing type of bour-
geois novel. For her life Is too short
to write such novels, although be-
lieve she would not deny them their
right to place in the world, a place
with the coffee grounds, / fear, and the
wholesome but to some palates SAVIOR
less potato skins. Those who wish to
read about apes must seek elsewhere
for the emotion of recognition. &,
It will bore great many people to
hear that Miss Jameson uses the war
though indirectly, in "The Clash" They
are firing of that. 1t is old stuff
Crucifixions, understand, to interest
them must be fresh every hour. Until