, 1935-03-03

house in
New York. He Is
visiting Texas on
! vacation and at
he same time
material for q new book.
The author said he encountered
material during his drive
to the Valley.
This road-shouldered, studiols
Texan. who once heaved hesV pack
ing cases in a Houston warehouse,
today Is one Of the most celebrated
literary figures Of Texas and the
II not In the nation. New York
did not realize he was a parsonage
of note until late In 1884. When the
big city awoke one morning TO dis
cover q Texas literary genius in its
midst. the awakening came with a
bang. Baten, the corn-fed Texas
country boy. was showered with at
tention until he was dizzy. He was
lionized, dined, entertained, honored
and Saluted In a manner that would
do honor to q visiting ~potentate.
The Texas writer still shudders
when he talks about the manner In
which the biggest city In the worli
him to its expansive bosom.
The New York Herald-Tribune
gave him q column and a half, with
picture. The New York Sun fol-
suit with two columns and a
picture. Time. the weekly news
beat a trail to his hotel
room door and hloSSomed out with
II inches OF reading matter and an
other picture. The staid Boston TTca-
script sent It's star literary reporte.
TO New York to obtain ar interview
and still another picture. The Ameri-
can magazine sent him TO a fashion,
able studio, had another photograph
made and will publish the story in Its
April issue.
New Book 10 BE Issued
The reason for this sudden deluge,
50 to speak. Of fame Is another book
will be issued in July or Aug
list by the John G. winston company
Of Philadelphia. the famous pub
firm which specializes IN
dictionaries, encyclopedias and sim
liar works.
It Is "A Complete Dictionary Of
Shakespeare" q work so monumental
that 1t has been hailed by eminent
critics and ShakeSpearean
as the greatest work OF
It's kind ever produced In the Unit
ed States.
Twenty-Five thousand books have
been written on Shakespeare and MS
works, vet an eminent Shakespear-
can scholar. himself the author Of
several Of the $4,000 volumes. says
there Is nothing like Baten'S work In
and predicted the book
could create a sensation.
Creates Sensation
Judging from the clippings in MI
Baten's possession, II already has
created a sensation. months before
1t will issue forth from the presses
and be made available to the critical
eye Of the world.
Statistics are dull, but a few fig
ures will explain why the Shake
spearean dictionary has been term
ed "a monumental work"
It required 2 5000 hours Of tipping
TO prepare the manuscript. The type,
4 placed In a continuous line would
IL IL miles. AS the manu-
script was being typed. $50 typewrit-
er ribbons were worn out. II the
manuscript paper we're placed end
TO end, II would tower $50 feet above
the Empire State building, the tall
est structure in the world.
This probably provides some IN
adequate conception of the size OF the
book. Inside its covers IN 1900 pages,
/ 100000 words, 100000 articles and
definitions.
Dictionary Complete
The author read SIS, 900 pages. In
100000 words, in assem-
bling his material. A thousand au-
thors are referred to or quoted. Ba-
ZEN scrutinized l66 books. averaging
800 pages each, in compiling for the
the most comprehensive
5hakespearean encyclopedia ana
dictionary ever attempted and one OF
The greatest compilations Of any
kind ever made.
1t is q complete dictionary Of all
the English and foreign words
phrases and constructions In the
OF the great English poet ana
playwright. 1t would require q couple
Of columns to 90 into detail about
what Is In the volume. 1t should SUI
lice to say that everything known
about Shakespeare and many things
not known before Mr.. Baten discov-
sred them are contained In II. ar
in manner that makes the in
formation as readily available as
In a dictionary.
Literary and learned circles are
,gog over the volume and Baten, the
Texan, who calls IL "the dream OF my
ife fulfilled"
Literary critics are predicting q
phenomenal sale for the book. They
,ay every library will want several
,opies, every university. every high
and In addition thousands OF
Shakespearean students
md admirers. The immediate future
or Mr.. Baten, In other words, Is