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Show A DAD STYLE. Is ll.i.ry jmtuut m. t olnui I J I- ' rarv laKurucar In one, of the criticisms on a recent I story by Henry Jauie tho remark was j made that It was really worth translating trans-lating Into English Ono of tho must I Inexplicable things In modern literature litera-ture Is the detestable atylo that Mr Jamea his daveloped In recent years. Ho used to write with tho utmost clearness clear-ness and simplicity, and no ono could for a moment doubt that his style was his o n Now he Is raoro Involved nn I complex than (Jeorge Meredith and on , can hardly resist the conclusion that ho deliberately set to work to cultl- vato tho style that now afflicts him and distresses the reader. There Is no excuse ex-cuse for this lapse Into Kngllah which i la not only obtcure, but sometimes positively bad. Many attempt have I bMrmajlttACCOUiilJotlUJlliUltaJ only one that seems tt havo any prob-1 ability Is that Mr James has come to prefer darkness rather than light. It ' stems Iroposslhlo to bellcvo that a man ot such keenness nnd vigor of mlnJ should havo allowed himself to bocomn I the slave of n noxious literary Influence Influ-ence Hut whatever tho explanation, the fact can not be gainsaid Whereas It used to bo a pleastiro to read Mr James, It Is now a painful and perplexing per-plexing task Indianapolis News |