Critics call for deeper look at poetry in America
Letters from readers discuss the decline of poetry’s popularity linked to reading aloud. D. C. Auringer argues the soul of poetry is lost to modern milieu. Henry Lattling questions finances in literature. readers contrast American criticism with England’s.
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Novelist’s error in Frederic’s The Market Place
The New York Times Saturday Review notes Harold Frederic’s novel The Market Place features an American who fabricates a South American rubber concession in London. He issues stock, trades it, and makes millions without detection until a man in London uncovers the fraud and is murdered.
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Protest over Crowell new collected edition of Aldrich poems
Author Ferris Greenslet charges that Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. issued Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich as a new collected edition. He notes the volume reprints juvenile pieces discarded from mature editions and adds duplicate prints, arguing the act misrepresents the poet’s work without explanation.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas. Bailey Aldrich
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New York
Crowell Responds on Aldrich Poems Reprint Interest
Messrs Crowell and Co reply to an inquiry about Aldrich's Poems. The edition is reprinted from 1855 1858 1861 and 1865 with dates shown in the table of contents. They note scarcity and high prices of early editions and that many poems are not in later editions. They acknowledge Greenslet’s criticism of the title page wording and announce steps to change the title to The Early Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. They thank the inquirer for the notice.
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Thomas Y. Crowell& Co
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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Set in Silver title quandary in Shakespeare quote debate
A letter from Henry B. Phelps quotes a New Jersey reader about naming a book Set in Silver in honor of England. The discussion cites Shakespeare’s This royal throne of kings and asks how to title without altering the King Richard II. text. Several readers note the enduring pull of Shakespeare.
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Richard II
Silver Sea
Earth
Henry Frank
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