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Show ifin I SJiJiiiF A PR,MER 0F LITERATURE. 18 nm m What is the literature of today? i!liy! Fiction. H H 111 If! How ls flctin aivi(iod? m Pi iH Int0 HIstorlcal novels and nature 1 Mil Iff ' boohs. 1 mm llf . " What is a historical novel? 1 i IH ill On0 tnat shows no trac0 of history I Ira Iris or of novelty 1 US iff : What is a nature boolc? Lj jl b ill A volume of misinformation about 'I jllll HI animals. m f Infill tl 1 1 Why are nature books popular just IhKBhu ' now? m WmmmM '' Because they are the fashion. ; I iflfjifljlifl Mention some recent nature books. ' 1 iNnlflu f "The Llons o tne Lad," "Pigs in 9 ii)lftl Clover," "The Octopus," "The Blue & BJlrlHIl i Goose," and "The Sea Wolf." tl fflnmua What are the best selling books? m JflflifllH i i Those which sell the best people. II iVlnlitil 1 What is a magazine? Hil Ulilsiiil ' I A sma11 Dody of literature surround- MP mJHHWil 1 1 ed by advertisements. Rfr Hffimh Why is a comic paper so called? Hf fflflmffl ' I Because it is so funny that anybody B& ffififflnffl I buys Blr IPlHnflil $ What is a critic? K I!tfjfl , I A critic is a man who writes about Htk: $SHIlf!f the books he doesn't like. Hi lUl fllfl What is poetry? Bl 111 (r '111 ' Lines of words ending with the same Hi HUnilll l sound. H! 11 id Wnat Is a minor poet? Hil 21 t 111 1 poet not yot twenty"one yoars of Hi H 111 nge- Ho;1 H ' IB ' What is a major poet? HI U I II ' i Thore Isnt any- Hp lap In j I What is a publisher? H' I !U IH 1 1 A man who is blamed if a book H- SJI IH I doesn't sell, and ignored if it does. HP sbH I What does a publisher mean by Hm II IbV I problem novels? Hi' !ii IkH I A"11, oxcept Kipling's and Mrs. Hum- B HE SH I phry arn's- HI H SflU I What makes a book a phenomenal B m lfHi success? B Ml ilHtl .. Much bad, much pad, and much ad. Carolyn Wells, in The Metropolitan Magazine. |