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Show Authors Drop Their Titles. Authors havo small need of the titles conferred upon them by royalty royal-ty since thoy rule by right dlvlno of genius, and they are particularly courteous cour-teous about using these titles in their dealing with the plain democratic world of letters In America. Sir Gilbert Gil-bert Parker, by his own wish, In answer an-swer to a cable from his publisher, appears ap-pears as plain Gilbert Parker on his first novol published since his knighthood, knight-hood, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, when asked if he desired tho "Sir" to appear on his title pages, said: "When the American people like mo as I am why should 1 thrust a title In their democratic faces?" |