PREFACE
I
FREE FICTION
A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION TOWARD FICTION
THE ESSENCE OF POPULARITY
II
BACK TO NATURE
THANKS TO THE ARTISTS
TO-DAY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: ADDRESSED TO THE BRITISH
TIME'S MIRROR
THE FAMILY MAGAZINE
III
PURITANS ALL
THE OLDER GENERATION
A LITERATURE OF PROTEST
BARBARIANS A LA MODE
IV
THE RACE OF REVIEWERS
THE SINS OF REVIEWING
MRS. WHARTON'S "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE"
MR. HERGESHEIMER'S "CYTHEREA"
V
EYE, EAR, AND MIND
OUT WITH THE DILETTANTE
FLAT PROSE
VI
THE NOVELIST OF PITY
AFTER SCENE
HENRY JAMES
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