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...ratiocination or even statement of proven fact, count for nothing with this type of self-constituted critic. Mr. Dowse's letter is full of glaring errors and stupidities. For example, he alludes to TIME as being "typically American, quaintly ungrammatical." It is obvious that he knows nothing of Amer. or of the study of language, for the English grammar used in this country is far more nearly accurate, and infinitely less crude and vulgar, than that used by the corresponding classes in England. H. L. Mencken proves this point thoroughly in his masterly study The American Language -if, indeed...
...believe the Chinese have the right to express their views as well as the English or Americans, or others, and so long as I am engaged in the publication of an Amer-icn paper in Shanghai it is my intention to give them a square deal...
...Institute confirmation of "the hitherto only suspected fact" that, of all white peoples, those of the U. S. have the highest deathrate between the ages of 40 and 50. The causes: heart disease, apoplexy, Bright's disease, high blood pressure. Dr. Sadler grouped these conditions under the title "Amer icanitis"-resultant from "the hurry, bustle and incessant drive of the American temperament." The number of U. S. citizens annually hurrying, bustling, driving themselves to death...
...boulevards bawling out last-minute news of the proceedings. The kiosks were besieged by excited crouds loudly demanding the latest edition of the Intransigeant or some other afternoon newspaper. In the hot cafés, where garcons scurried hither and thither with the large trays groaning under the weight of amer-picons, bocks and grogs americains, men discussed the trial in an undertone, sad, strained expressions on their faces...
...lavished a for tune on a few exuberant weeks in Venice, and is a discerning judge of cocktails, tobacco, fabrics? Or in those of Hugh Walpole, when they discover that he is a genial and witty Englishman, with a pair of glasses on his nose and an admiration for Amer ica in general and for Jurgen and Seventh Heaven in particular? Reading a novel is, after all, like being told a story, except that you cannot see the teller. It is like a telephone conversation, only more so. It works both ways. Every thing you learn about the man will...