New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

NAY %
read an attack on H.
m, N,nsk,n by Walter Lipp, LIP =,
~ IN "Ths New Republic
i = % "a conspicuous revelation IN
!. wrong with Liberalism IN
.. '''',',, ,,,.,r,,,n,a'ive Of the liberal
''i''.s 70. discovers discover, from this 'I insI'd'
f''''. '...,'rs,nc, ~ that Mr.. liDPmsn1' mann
ist T'' !. rot only not liberal'mind'
'''i',, ',. /. no. even a fair fsh'er OF p,
3D. - ..,-t,man. :, wonder how many
. ~ .,.s this ill-tempsrsd dis
Ss-S'f' = y,,ek,n's aim and purpose
;'''i'a y ". !, was an act Of wounded
r'l.'' 80. ..,.tissn ineensed mans re-
ri'i'l, 80 =, an adverse review Of MS
.1l..'' 7. s,t the full force OF 'n's s
1''s E,sl.v Of the liberal mino
ir''.ns y.,,t.n's review q Mr.. Lipp-
'.'' 70 ' sp.slle opinion in the June
n.a' SD. . s.,., There yOa will md the s
, 'sa',. - ~ xr. Iippmsnn quotes and and
1',s,.s -s,.s ne bases his attack one
'I'a I,,- ,,v. thought that under the {, or
s.,,i s.,-v rsl,s Of decent oOn'Iover,y mr,
d'''' ,ould have acknowledged
,.l,,, a.p's,,,, ,b.r. he found the paragraph
i1'., ", Vs is quite shameless in al
i... p..' -, - adverse criticism to provoke
..... ,a.'-; 49,. with an effect at least Of de-
ii'.' I'M. s.s s,,..sslmsnt. he leads hi' reader
10, ..s, ,s..hi,susignmen' Of NencNen ',i |,
''s',, = s1.,...,os.t,. ,.S That sort Of thing !
' = 80, .,,r .slsE erovu.up men ever did 1t
-...-.,,s ''," 70 attack Nsneken' for ne
: ,..,si,uous agure ard he has yul-
-. ro,n.s. Unfortunately for MI.
,..,~,,, he doesn't know what those
.rS5srsble points are. He attribute aitrlouSes 10 70
49,, Messiaric ior satanic ann
..ii.iesi reform. which had ne rean
/. 49, hooks az atteniiyely as ne
A,g',f ~ ,v,,eken's review Of his book ne
..is -. k-ow Is no. true. Having set up
cav efigy labeled Mencken ne
s.s.ts Il down with the usual sneers
:. az. Smart Set" He even deseendss
:. ~, ancient jibe, "the little group OF
!. W.. s, .bi,kers." All IN all a
~ W., .s,sri,c view of the fair-minded-
-sss Of q l.berall
fosr Macy tells me to-day that Bonn
I, arivs,'rbt are 10 publish volume Of
s,'sy. bv MIN in the fall called The
c-.esl Game" Il viii be worth
,,,.,sisr FOR. remember ny first en-.
.,~.,,r with Macys "The Spirit Of
l-sresn Literature a book so finely
J.,s rat I read 10 through twice and
rsrt about with 10 in my hands and
,.s.ng passages 20 my friends. Then,
ore time later, ! happened 70 be IN
Boston for the first time. and J. reca'l
having got up early and routed Macy
nj. n BED in ny impatience 70 meet
t,r and tell him how much ] liked his
: hook. Re was a little bewildered by
INV enthusiasm, because the book had
~, sold AZ al and he had dismissed 10
pretty much from his mind.
MAY 26
7 STAYED home and read most Of the
day. Finished "The Love Story Of
slietts Brunton" wherein Gilbert
Fra1kau nearly ruins q good novel by
sone Of ,he worst writing | have ever
encountered. He uses as many as three
times 20 single page that hideous
isutology. must needs" The novel is
concerned with a wife who leaves her
husband for another man and the COM
tlcations this brings about in the lives
Of three c0nventionaily minded English
tfn and women. Frankau, too, has tho
t,e Of getting in front OF his charac'
~ and delivering n little sermon ever
" and again But his story is 50
tod intrinsicaily that even his bad
Fiismanship cannot keep II from be
y an interesting piece Of fiction.
MAY 27
Dropped in No the Doran Office thil
i''srnoon go chat with Grant Overton
ilg'ne Saxion and Stanley Rinehar
q. 0verton told mo about Edwyi
flur's study Of "Heilcnism and Chris
trl,y, which he recommended 20 M
q % important and interesting vol
a. Ne also told me about the nev
tlne by Rebecca West, which j
sifnous In size. but which is, he says
ss,s novel. 10 ought 20 be; Mis-
u, is a brilliant and talented woman
slion, Rirchart and were talkinl
A,li Aldous Huxley. whose work be
A. % sell after the publication o
Erne Yellow when remarked
'1t the new vein Of sophisticated
llsion exhibited by the cleve
t'rg Englisnmen, such as HUXLEY
oman Davey and Ronald Firbank
l1.sy IS, undoubtedly, the mos
tfo't and amusing Of them: he deals
,ilp'rfeies, but with a gay, satiri
q touch.
MAY 2s
Wy wife and went 20 breakfast with
ftn farrar and his mother, and We
l there Elinor Wylie. the author OF
rs 10 Catch the Wind" and Dorothy
itars, author OF Dancers in the
~ both Of them very pretty and
sighrul Mrs farrsr told me an in
rfee OF the way people are brow
Nsitn hy The weight OF critical opinion
~ hypocrisy regarding their taste in
tlon' They Will bring back 10 the
lazy copies Of novels by Harold Bell
ight Or Ethel w. Dell and say they
~ them by mistake. This is rather
J .aole. The popularity Of these two
ltis IS easily explained. Both OF
y 70 have The gift Of narrative. They