Contents

1 MR. GALSWORTHY’S SECRET LOYALTIES, 13
2 THE MAGIC CARPET, 34
3 A BREATHLESS CHAPTER, 51
4 IN THE KINGDOM OF CONRAD, 64
5 THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE OF ARTHUR TRAIN, 91
6 THE LADY OF A TRADITION, MISS SACKVILLE-WEST, 102
7 HAROLD BELL WRIGHT, 119
8 “AH, DID YOU ONCE SEE SHELLEY PLAIN?” 139
9 ALICE IN AUTHORLAND AND PENROD’S FIVE-FOOT SHELF, 157
10 THE MAN CALLED RALPH CONNOR, 178
11 HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE, 189
12 TOTALLING MR. TARKINGTON, 217
13 A PARODY OUTLINE OF STEWART, 239
14 MISS ZONA GALE, 248
15 FOR THE LITERARY INVESTOR, 255
16 NATURALIST VS. NOVELIST: GENE STRATTON-PORTER, 270
17 POETRY AND PLAYS, 293
18 LOST PATTERNS, 313
19 JOSEPH C. LINCOLN DISCOVERS CAPE COD, 321
20 EDITH WHARTON AND THE TIME SPIRIT, 345
21 THE UNCLASSIFIED CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, 363
22 THE PROPHECIES OF LOTHROP STODDARD, 380
INDEX, 387