His work is very uneven; but the following books are regarded as among his best: The Call of the Wild. 1903. The Sea-Wolf. 1904. Martin Eden. 1909. (Autobiographical.) John Barleycorn. 1913. (Autobiographical.) For an account of his life and work, see _The Book of Jack London_, by Charmian London, 1921 (cf. _Freeman_, 4 ['22]: 407). For reviews, cf. the _Book Review Digest_, especially 1903-7, 1911, 1915. +Robert Morss Lovett+--man of letters. Born at Boston, 1870. A.B., Harvard, 1892. Taught English at Harvard, 1892-3; at Chicago, since 1893; professor since 1909. Editor of _The Dial_, 1919. On the staff of _The New Republic_, 1921--. BIBLIOGRAPHY Richard Gresham. 1904. (Novel.) A Winged Victory. 1907. (Novel.) Cowards. 1917. (Play, published in _Drama_, 7.) STUDIES AND REVIEWS Drama, 7 ('17): 325. +Amy Lowell+--poet, critic. Born at Brookline, Massachusetts, 1874. Sister of President Lowell of Harvard, and of Percival Lowell, the astronomer. Distantly related to James Russell Lowell. Educated at private schools. Traveled extensively in Europe as a child. Her visits to Egypt, Greece, and Turkey influenced her development. In 1902, she decided to become a poet and spent eight years studying, without publishing a poem. Her first poem appeared in the _Atlantic_, 1910. She is a collector of Keats manuscripts and says that the poet who influenced her most profoundly was Keats. She has also made special study of Chinese poetry. SUGGESTIONS FOR READING 1. As Miss Lowell is the principal exponent of the theories of imagism and free verse in this country, careful reading of some of her critical papers leads to a better understanding of her work. Especially valuable are her studies of Paul Fort in her volume entitled _Six French Poets_, of "H.D." and John Gould Fletcher in her _Tendencies in Modern American Poetry_, the prefaces to different volumes of her poems and to the anthologies published under the title _Some Imagist Poets_ (1915, 1916), and her articles in the _Dial_, 64 ('18): 51 ff., and in Poetry, 3 ('13): 213 ff. 2. In judging her work, consider separately her poems in regular metrical form and those in free verse. Decide which method is better suited to her type of imagination. 3. To what extent does her inspiration come from cultural sources--travel, literature, art, music? 4. Consider especially her presentation of "images." How far do these seem to be derived from direct experience? Test them by your own experience. What principles seem to determine her choice of details? Which sense impressions--sight, sound, taste, smell, touch--does she most frequently and successfully suggest? Note instances where her figures of speech sharpen the imagery and others where they seem to distort it. In what ways is the influence of Keats perceptible in her work? 5. It is worth while to make special study of the historical imagery of the poems in _Can Grande's Castle_.