New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
ay Tribunes News ana Reviews of Books and Authors
We Recommend
BY Burton Rascoe

By Burton Rascoe
READ this bokih unqualified enjoyentrom
rapidty the
narrative the sustained interest and the contents and
the happy anecdo tone of the author for book Of the usual
running 2s4 Nothing further record has been greater
crtiques
tribute Mnar of Tom in which he said:
short for with whom reading is profession for that sort
shall have to give him another trial Perhaps was too
We all mistakes owy ALTERATION
Possibly genuine entertainment
pathy found this book If not shall read the book again.
intend what And such other books
Mr. Wocott shall with the expectancy
has been pleased by reading of who is paid for reviewing
The the
Players Club who spoke always with the of authority giving
TWO strands OF the same wool indeed ne sometimes referred
casually and hay passed dear old Druy Lane He has
then that his talent had devoted oftag
finally ne showed rury Lane owed and creased and wine
stained There his the end of the cast and opposite
the role assigned hinlShouts and Murnaursold Fable"
This not the familiar false humility the elaborate denial of
cience that be ali the hghhanded and dogat this
through the book Here of the nights
the back stage stories of the element chance that has much to do
with the failure theatrical production; anecdotes
celebrities personalities comments cricsm the personal
story Eugene oNei Tnne
Philadelphia
great comedians of musical comedy how Henry sold George Tyler
the of "a Retrieved Reformation for $500 how Paul Armstrong
adapted under the title Gala" Jimmy Valentine which
for O. Henry and nnumerabe sad and jolly
BITS OF information There is very title formal dramatic criticism Most
of sheer which also happens to be document
the history Of the American stage
BABEL diveright by John cournoThe third volume an
photographed trgy which includes The Mask "Th Wall
distinguished novels which obscud by the novels
kind when they pubed successful attempt do what Jacob
tried do in THE Worlds Iuon and think failed
present vivid cyeorama of the excited and confused
poses civizaion
and estimates Of such figures the literary artistic
as n Wells Gilbert Chesterton, Wyndham
Jacob Epstein the caotns the N r. F. and
studios of Chelsea AIonmae and Greenwich Village
tdhn of nomenclature DISCUSSES; love
liar realistic honest autobiography in terms of fiction
Ed sensitive Russian Jew who worked out
apprenticeship Philadelphia in
Bright New York Paris and Lndon excellent
think about
being enough writing by
that thinks deal about being author and succeeds
being envabe gift expression
conclusive character drawing and for efreshngy
worthy tradition Of Tono
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TALES OF THE JAZZ scrbners by Scott Fitzgerald
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which "Blue Ice"
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the workshop of Mr. Fitzgerads Celtic imagination.
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP" (sokes), by Jane AusenA col
by Of
the gentle art of kidding English felton, seventeenyearod genu
of the romantic novels the fanng
of the method Of historographers much Daisy
indication of the
the austere
buestockng she has been pictured
with intelligence probably
this world.
"BABBITT" (Iarcour) Sinclair neat mpang
the boob booster of the American bougee
sympathetic satir
dislike wish had
portrait WELD; composite
photograph of Mr. Lewis little
attention the unatterng
eessful amusing ronc, human document history
An Authors Letter to sob semesoay body else sorry for
s ioly
Grant Overtom of the George H. Yours
Doron CO. pern;ts as to read the fol- ARNOLD BENNETT