t Herrick listed below, and compare Harrison's
work with that of Dickens, Sterne, and Meredith. Deal with each novelist
separately according to the influences noted by Mr. Herrick.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Captivating Mary Carstairs. 1911. (Under the pseudonym, "Henry Second.")
Queed. 1911.
V.V.'s Eyes. 1913.
Angela's Business. 1915.
When I Come Back. 1919.
Saint Teresa. 1922.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Bookm. 39 ('14): 420 (portrait).
Columbia Univ. Quar. 15 ('13): 341 (portrait).
Cur. Op. 58 ('15): 352 (portrait).
Ind. 71 ('11): 533 (portrait).
Lit. Digest, 48 ('14): 905 (portrait).
New Repub. 2 ('15): 199. (Herrick.)
World's Work, 26 ('13): 221.

+Ben Hecht+--novelist, dramatist.

Born in New York City, 1893. Traveled much until he was eight years old,
then lived in Racine, Wisconsin, and was educated in the Racine high
school. Went to Chicago, intending to join the Thomas Orchestra as
violinist, but instead, joined the staff of the Chicago _Journal_ and
later that of the _Daily News_. War correspondent in Germany.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Hero of Santa Maria; a Ridiculous Tragedy in One Act. 1920. (With
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, q.v.)
The Wonder Hat; a Harlequinade in One Act. 1920. (With Kenneth Sawyer
Goodman, q.v.)
Erik Dorn. 1921. (Novel.)
Also in: The Little Review. (_Passim._)

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Cur. Op. 71 ('21): 644.
Dial, 71 ('21): 597.
Freeman, 4 ('21): 282.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1921.

+Joseph Hergesheimer+--novelist.

Born at Philadelphia, 1880. Educated for a short time at a Quaker school
in Philadelphia and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

SUGGESTIONS FOR READING

1. Note Mr. Hergesheimer's use of setting and atmosphere. What is the
relative importance of these to plot and character? Is the author's main
interest in developing a story, in creating characters that live, or in
suggesting particular phases of life, each with its own physical and
emotional atmosphere?

2. What evidences of originality do you find in his books?

3. Is the author a realist or a romanticist? Is it true, as has been
said, that he stands midway between the "unrelieved realism" of the new
school of writers and the "genteel moralism" of the old?

4. Consider these two criticisms of Mr. Hergesheimer's work: (1) He aims
to set down "relative truth ... the colors and scents and emotions of
existence"; and (2) he i