s at times as much concerned "with the stuffs as
with the stuff of life."

5. Make a special study of his style: (1) of his use of suggestion; (2)
of his choice of words; (3) of his feeling for rhythm. It is true that
there is both art and artifice in his methods?

6. In what ways, if any, has he made actual contribution to American
literature? Can you prophesy as to his future?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Lay Anthony. 1914.
Mountain Blood. 1915.
The Three Black Pennys. 1917.
Gold and Iron. 1918. (Wild Oranges, Tubal Cain, The Dark Fleece.)
*Java Head. 1919.
The Happy End. 1919. (Play.)
*Linda Condon. 1919.
Hugh Walpole, an Appreciation. 1919.
San Cristobal de la Habana. 1920.
Cytherea. 1922.
The Bright Shawl. 1922.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Ath. 1919, 2: 1339. (Conrad Aiken.)
Bookm. 50 ('19): 267. (James Branch Cabell.)
Bookm. (Lond.) 56 ('19): 65; 58 ('20): 193. (Portraits.)
Cur. Op. 66 ('19): 184; 68 ('20): 229; 71 ('21): 237. (Portraits.)
Dial, 66 ('19): 449.
Lond. Mercury, 1 ('20): 342.
Nation, 109 ('19): 404; 112 ('21): 741. (Carl Van Doren.)
Sat. Rev. 128 ('19): 343.
Spec. 125 ('20): 371.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919.

+Robert Herrick+--novelist.

Born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1868. A.B., Harvard, 1890. Taught
English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890-3, and at the
University of Chicago since then, becoming professor, 1905. More
important for interpretation of his work is the fact that he has
carefully studied modern English and Continental literatures and is
deeply interested in philosophy and the social sciences.

SUGGESTIONS FOR READING

1. Much of Mr. Herrick's work must be regarded as primarily social
criticism of American life. Does the interest tend to centre rather upon
the problems of the characters, growing out of their circumstances, or
upon the characters themselves?

2. Is Mr. Herrick's work more notable for scope and breadth or for
intensity?

3. Note, especially in the novels previous to 1905, the conscientious
artistry, the compactness of structure, and the unity of tone commonly
associated with poetry. What other qualities characteristic of poetry
appear in Mr. Herrick's work?

4. With the structure of his earlier work compare that of the _Memoirs of
an American Citizen_ as showing an attempt at greater breadth of canvas
and greater variety of tone. Trace this attempt further in his lat