STUDIES AND REVIEWS Bookm. 39 ('14): 420 (portrait). Columbia Univ. Quar. 15 ('13): 341 (portrait). Cur. Op. 58 ('15): 352 (portrait). Ind. 71 ('11): 533 (portrait). Lit. Digest, 48 ('14): 905 (portrait). New Repub. 2 ('15): 199. (Herrick.) World's Work, 26 ('13): 221. +Ben Hecht+--novelist, dramatist. Born in New York City, 1893. Traveled much until he was eight years old, then lived in Racine, Wisconsin, and was educated in the Racine high school. Went to Chicago, intending to join the Thomas Orchestra as violinist, but instead, joined the staff of the Chicago _Journal_ and later that of the _Daily News_. War correspondent in Germany. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Hero of Santa Maria; a Ridiculous Tragedy in One Act. 1920. (With Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, q.v.) The Wonder Hat; a Harlequinade in One Act. 1920. (With Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, q.v.) Erik Dorn. 1921. (Novel.) Also in: The Little Review. (_Passim._) STUDIES AND REVIEWS Cur. Op. 71 ('21): 644. Dial, 71 ('21): 597. Freeman, 4 ('21): 282. See also _Book Review Digest_, 1921. +Joseph Hergesheimer+--novelist. Born at Philadelphia, 1880. Educated for a short time at a Quaker school in Philadelphia and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. SUGGESTIONS FOR READING 1. Note Mr. Hergesheimer's use of setting and atmosphere. What is the relative importance of these to plot and character? Is the author's main interest in developing a story, in creating characters that live, or in suggesting particular phases of life, each with its own physical and emotional atmosphere? 2. What evidences of originality do you find in his books? 3. Is the author a realist or a romanticist? Is it true, as has been said, that he stands midway between the "unrelieved realism" of the new school of writers and the "genteel moralism" of the old? 4. Consider these two criticisms of Mr. Hergesheimer's work: (1) He aims to set down "relative truth ... the colors and scents and emotions of existence"; and (2) he is at times as much concerned "with the stuffs as with the stuff of life." 5. Make a special study of his style: (1) of his use of suggestion; (2) of his choice of words; (3) of his feeling for rhythm. It is true that there is both art and artifice in his methods? 6. In what ways, if any, has he made actual contribution to American literature? Can you prophesy as to his future? BIBLIOGRAPHY The Lay Anthony. 1914. Mountain Blood. 1915. The Three Black Pennys. 1917. Gold and Iron. 1918. (Wild Oranges, Tubal Cain, The Dark Fleece.) *Java Head. 1919. The Happy End. 1919. (Play.) *Linda Condon. 1919. Hugh Walpole, an Appreciation. 1919. San Cristobal de la Habana. 1920. Cytherea. 1922. The Bright Shawl. 1922. STUDIES AND REVIEWS