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THE TWO DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER MARTIN (208 pp.)-William Golding-Harcourt, Brace ($3.75).
After a dry run through, Silverstein was satisfied. Beer, however, started telling Golding to be more forceful in his rebuttals during the tutorial session. "I want them to see the Harvard undergrad as non-submissive," he explained.
One of the most interesting letters in the collection is a Shaw editing job on Golding Bright's trial review of Sardou's Odette.
"There is no way of becoming a drama critic," fired back Shaw in his first letter. "It happens by accident." The accident never happened to Golding Bright, but the accidental correspondence lingered on for 34 years. Now published for the first time, it consists more of literary shavings than true...
Golding Bright: "Under no circumstances can it be called a great play." Shaw: "It does not pretend to be a great play . . . The question is, is Odette a good play of its class." " Golding Bright: "I must be cruel only to be kind." Shaw: "Never say a thing like this...