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...mewing, driveling, snouting creatures-of fiction- which, like an infuriated swineherd, he can beat, goad, tweak, tail-twist, eye-jab, belly-thwack, spatter with sty-filth and consign to perdition. The new collection closely resembles the herd obtained on the Castigator's last foray, against the medical profession (Arrowsmith, 1925) and a parallel course is run, from up-creek tabernacles, through a hayseed college and seminary to a big-city edifice with a revolving electric cross. But the Arrowsmith plot is altered. This time the Castigator, instead of exerting his greatest efforts in harrying a fine-mettled creature...
...have got an extra, but the man whose solemn, blunt features appeared under the slug had certainly derived as much attention as he could expect from a purely intellectual issue. It was, of course, Sinclair Lewis; he had refused the Pulitzer Prize of $1,000 awarded to him for Arrowsmith...
...Sinclair Lewis, $1,000, for his novel Arrowsmith, deemed best presentation of the "wholesome atmosphere of American life...
Sinclair Lewis has refused the Pulitzer prize awarded him for his novel "Arrowsmith"; and to the detriment of no one, neither. Sinclair Lewis nor the Pulitzers. Mr. Lewis can continue to write untrammelled, and the prize will without doubt fall to some more oallous artist. In accepting a prize, there is undoubtedly a certain acquiescence in the manner of the contest. If Mr. Lewis disapproves of prize contests on principle, if he sees a pledge to fly no higher than the will of his donor will permit, then, whether over-sensitive or no, he will not be grudged...
...awards of this year have escaped the more violent criticisms of the past If Sinclair Lewis does not deserve the prize for "Arrowsmith", at least his average is sufficiently high in "Babbitt" and "Main Street" to merit recognition...