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Soon I to Hampden, but now my eyes being tired, must postpone the writing until anon. Weary, but very merry...
...Anon., I take it, is a faithful reader of the "Saturday Review," perhaps even that legendary figure, the Oldest Living Subscriber. From his letter, one would never think that he regularly perused those delightful chatter columns of Christopher Morley and P. Quercus which are distinguished features of the "Review." For he seems to be one of those unfortunate souls that are devoid of the sense of humor that characterizes the work of Messrs. Morley and Quercus...
...comments on the "Review's" criticism were written "with tongue in cheek," as Mr. Anon, seems to have had a slight suspicion before the rage of the true Irate Subscriber blinded his sensibilities and launched him on a tirade against undergraduate pomposity in general and mine in particular. His unflattering epithets and choice of comparisons seems strangely out of keeping with the "sober and constructive criticism" that he recommends so strongly...
...remarks, I suppose, were open to Mr. Anon.'s interpretation of them, but I scarcely thought anyone would be so gullible as to take them as seriously as he did. I grossly exaggerated, for effect, a lamentable condition which does exist. Molehill that my knowledge of literature is, in comparison to their mountainous fund, I have found that a good number of professors share my some what low opinion of the "Review's" criticism. They have found, as I have, a curious ratio in some cases between the amount of advertising of a book in the "Review" and the favorable...
...Anon a cobra, no pretty worm of Nilus,* creeps out of nowhere at the feet of that most famed snake charmer of Egypt. It raises its head and a length of body clear of the ground, quite resembling a rat terrier expectantly sitting up for a titbit. As the fakir puffs his cheeks in hissing whistle, the cobra puffs its hood and lazily sways to the sibilancies...