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1920, and by Moses,
Representative Plays by American Dramatists, 1918-21, III. For
bibliography of unpublished plays, cf. Cambridge, III (IV), 763.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Eaton, W.P. Plays and Players. 1916. Moses. Winter, William. Life of
David Belasco. 1918. Acad. 83 ('12): 673. Nation, 100 ('10): 525. New
Repub. 8 ('16): 155. Theatre Arts M. 5 ('21): 259=Outlook, 127 ('21):

418 (portrait).

+Stephen Vincent Benét+--poet, novelist.
Born at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1898; brother of William Rose Benét
(q.v.) Graduate of Yale, 1919.
Mr. Benét's work at once attracted attention by its qualities of
exuberance and fancy. In 1921, he shared with Carl Sandburg (q.v.) the
prize of the Poetry Society of America.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Five Men and Pompey. 1915. The Drug Shop. 1917. Young Adventure.
1918. Heavens and Earth. 1920. The Beginning of Wisdom. 1921.
(Novel.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 47 ('18): 558 (Phelps); 54 ('21): 394. Dial, 71 ('21): 597. Poetry,
16 ('20): 53; 20 ('22): 340. See also Book Review Digest, 1919, 1920,
1921.

+William Rose Benét+--poet.
Born at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, 1886. Ph.B., Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale, 1907. Free lance writer in California 1907-11.
Reader for the Century Magazine, 1911-18. In 1920, associate editor of
the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post.
Mr. Benét's verse has attracted attention for its pictorial imagination,
vigorous rhythms, and grotesque and lively fancy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Merchants from Cathay. 1913. The Falconer of God. 1914. The Great

White Wall. 1916. The Burglar of the Zodiac. 1918. Perpetual Light.
1919. Moons of Grandeur. 1920.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Bookm. 47 ('18): 558; 53 ('21): 168. Dial, 56 ('14): 67. Poetry, 5 ('14):
91; 9 ('17): 322; 12 ('18): 216; 15 ('19): 48. R. of Rs. 51 ('15): 759. See
also Book Review Digest, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1920.

+Konrad Bercovici+--story writer.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Crimes of Charity. 1917. (With introduction by John Reed.) Dust
of New York. 1919. (Short stories.) Ghiza and Other Romances of
Gipsy Blood. 1921.
For reviews, see Book Review Digest, 1917, 1919, 1921.

+Edwin (August) Björkman+--critic.
Born at Stockholm, Sweden, 1866. Educated in Stockholm high school.
Clerk, actor, and journalist in Sweden, 1881-91. Came to America,
1891. On staffs of St. Paul and Minneapolis papers, 1892-7; on the New
York Sun and New York Times, 1897-1905. On the editorial staff of the
New York Evening Post, 1906. Department editor of the World's Work
and editor of the Modern Drama Series, 1912--.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Is There Anything New Under the Sun? 1911. Gleams: A Fragmentary
Interpretation of Man and His World. 1912. Voices of To-morrow.
1913. The Soul of a Child. 1922. (Novel.)

STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Cur. Op. 55 ('13): 190 (portrait). R. of Rs. 45 ('12): 115 (portrait). See
also Book Review Digest, 1913.

+Maxwell Bodenheim+--poet.
Born at Natchez, Mississippi, 1892. Grammar school education. Served
in the U.S. Army, 1910-13. Studied law and art in Chicago.
SUGGESTIONS FOR READING
Mr. Bodenheim gets his effects by his management of detail. For this
reason, his use of picture-making words and suggestive phrases offers
material for special study. See the New Republic, 13 ('17): 211, for his
own statement of his creed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Minna and Myself. 1918. Advice. 1920. Introducing Irony. 1922. Also
in: Poetry. (Passim.) The Little Review. (Passim.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Dial, 66 ('19): 356; 69 ('20): 645. Poetry, 13 ('19): 342. See also Book
Review Digest, 1920, 1921.

+Gamaliel Bradford+--man of letters.
Born at Boston, 1863. Studied at Harvard, 1882; no degree, because of
ill health. Has confined his attention almost entirely to literature since
1886. Specializes in character portraits.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Types of American Character. 1895. A Pageant of Life. 1904. The
Private Tutor. 1904. Between Two Masters. 1906. Matthew Porter.
1908. Lee, the American. 1912. Confederate Portraits. 1914. Union
Portraits. 1916. Portraits of Women. 1916. A Naturalist of Souls. 1917.
Portraits of American Women. 1919. The Prophet of Joy. 1920.
(Poems.) Shadow Verses. 1920. American Portraits, 1875-1900. 1922.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 41 ('15): 586 (portrait); 52 ('20): 170. Nation, 112 ('21): 86.
New Repub. 9 ('16): supp. p. 3. See also Book Review Digest, 1916,
1920.

+George H. Broadhurst+ (1866)--dramatist.
Of his plays the following have been published:
What Happened to Jones. 1897. The Man of the Hour. 1908. Why
Smith Left Home. 1912. The Law of the Land. 1914. Innocent. 1914.
Bought and Paid for. 1916.
For bibliography of unpublished plays, see Cambridge, III (IV), 773.

+Alter Brody+--poet.
Born in Russia, 1895, of a Russian-Jewish family. Came to New York
when he was eight years old. Very little education. Translated for
Jewish and American newspapers. His first poems appeared in The
Seven Arts (cf. James Oppenheim).
His one book, A Family Album, 1918, is interesting for its realistic
pictures of New York as seen through the temperament of a Russian
Jew.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Untermeyer.