1. In judging Mr. Sandburg's work, it is important to remember that his theory involves complete freedom from conventions of all sorts--in thinking, in metrical form, and in vocabulary. His aim seems to be to reproduce the impressions that all phases of life make upon him. 2. Consider whether his early prairie environment had anything to do with the large scale of his imagination, the appeal to him of enormous periods of time, masses of men, and forces. 3. Do you find elements of universality in his exaggerated localisms? Do they combine to form a definite philosophy? 4. What effect do the eccentricities and crudities of form have upon you? Do you consider them an essential part of his poetic expression or blemishes which he may one day overcome? 5. Do you find elements of greatness in Mr. Sandburg's work? Do you think they are likely to outweigh his obvious defects? 6. Compare and contrast his democratic ideals with those of Lindsay. BIBLIOGRAPHY Chicago Poems. 1916. Cornhuskers. 1918. The Chicago Race Riots. 1919. Smoke and Steel. 1920. Slabs of the Sunburnt West. 1922. Rootabaga Stories. 1922. (Children's stories.) STUDIES AND REVIEWS Lowell. Untermeyer. Bookm. 47 ('18): 389 (Phelps); 52 ('21): 242, 285 (_for_ 385); 53 ('21) 389 (portrait); 54 ('21): 360. Chapbook, 1-2, May, 1920: 15. (Fletcher.) Dial, 61 ('16): 528; 65 ('18): 263 (Untermeyer). Liv. Age, 308 ('21): 231. New Repub. 22 ('20): 98; 25 ('20): 86. Poetry, 8 ('16): 90; 13 ('18): 155; 15 ('20): 271; 17 ('21): 266. Survey, 45 ('20): 12. +George Santayana+--poet, critic. Born at Madrid, Spain, 1863. Came to the United States, 1872. A.B., Harvard, 1886; A.M., Ph.D., 1889. In 1889 began to teach philosophy at Harvard; professor, 1907-12. While Mr. Santayana's chief work is in philosophy, he belongs to literature by the beauty of his poems, especially his sonnets, and by the quality of his prose. BIBLIOGRAPHY *Sonnets and Other Poems. 1894. The Sense of Beauty. 1896. Lucifer--A Theological Tragedy. 1899. Interpretations of Poetry and Religion. 1900. The Hermit of Carmel, and Other Poems. 1901. The Life of Reason. 1905. Three Philosophical Poets. 1910. Winds of Doctrine. 1913. Philosophical Opinion in America. 1918. Character and Opinion in the United States. 1920. *Little Essays. 1920. (Selected with author's collaboration, by Logan Pearsall Smith, q.v.) STUDIES AND REVIEWS Rittenhouse.