GODS OF MODERN GRUB STREET [Illustration: THOMAS HARDY] GODS OF MODERN GRUB STREET _IMPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS_ BY A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK _WITH THIRTY-TWO PORTRAITS AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS BY_ E. O. HOPPÉ [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MCMXXIII _Copyright, 1923, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_ _Printed in the United States of America_ CONTENTS PAGE THOMAS HARDY 3 HILAIRE BELLOC 13 ARNOLD BENNETT 23 JOHN DAVYS BERESFORD 33 JOHN BUCHAN 43 DONN BYRNE 53 WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES 63 WALTER DE LA MARE 73 SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 83 JOHN DRINKWATER 93 JEFFERY FARNOL 103 JOHN GALSWORTHY 113 SIR ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS 123 ARTHUR STUART MENTETH HUTCHINSON 133 SHEILA KAYE-SMITH 143 RUDYARD KIPLING 153 WILLIAM JOHN LOCKE 163 STEPHEN MCKENNA 173 COMPTON MACKENZIE 183 JOHN MASEFIELD 193 ALFRED EDWARD WOODLEY MASON 203 WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM 213 WILLIAM BABINGTON MAXWELL 223 LEONARD MERRICK 233 ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE 243 ALFRED NOYES 253 E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 263 MAY SINCLAIR 273 FRANK SWINNERTON 283 HUGH WALPOLE 293 HERBERT GEORGE WELLS 303 ISRAEL ZANGWILL 313 INDEX 323 ILLUSTRATIONS