SCENE: The vicinity of 5th Street and Broadway, New York City, on a warm, lowery May night. Time, 11:15.
Approach along Broadway from 6th Street George Paul Syphers, Professor of Chemistry; Forbes Mitchell, Professor of Phi- losophy; … Read the rest
IF I were to preach any doctrine to the world it would be love of change, or at least lack of fear of it. From the Bible I would quote: “The older order changeth, giving place to … Read the rest
(Taken from the notes of the late John Paradiso)
I HAVE lived now to my fortieth year, and have seen a good deal of life. Just now, because of a stretch of poverty, I am living across … Read the rest
In any group of men I have ever known, speaking from the point of view of character and not that of physical appearance, Peter would stand out as deliciously and irrefutably different. In the great waste of … Read the rest
[16] Fuller’s comparative obscurity is one of the strangest phenomena of American letters. Despite his high achievement, he is seldom discussed, or even mentioned. Back in 1899 he was already so far forgotten that William Archer mistook his name, calling … Read the rest
“To see truly,” said Renan, “is to see dimly.” Dimness or mystery, call it what you will: it is in all these overgrown and formless, but profoundly moving books. Just what do they mean? Just what is Dreiser driving at? … Read the rest
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, the Lampson professor of English language and literature at Yale, opens his chapter on Mark Twain in his “Essays on Modern Novelists” with a humorous account of the critical imbecility which pursued Mark in his own … Read the rest