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...William Lyon Phelps, Lampson Professor of English at Yale University : "In Scribner's for April I wrote: 'My present Irish setter, Rufus H. Phelps, is ... the most literary dog I have ever known. He has been stroked by W. B. Yeats, patted by Hugh Walpole, petted by G. K. Chesterton, caressed by Joseph Conrad, and kissed by John Galsworthy...
...America, the fairy tale industry lacks material with which to work, although George Washington and his clever retort with reference to falsehoods furnishes a not unsuitable starting point. The folk-lore of parent countries has not as yet been acclimated. But Professor William Lyon Phelps reputed reaction to "Peter Pan" (See Donald Ogden Stewart) illustrates plainly the appeal which these fables retain even for such highly intelligent subjects, Their magnetic, vitalizing influence on the masses cannot be overestimated...
George Andrew Reisner '89, Clarence Stanley Fisher, and David Gordon Lyon '01: Harvard Excavations at Samaria 1908-1910. An account of the archaeological work carried on by the Harvard Semitic Museum during the years...
...summary: Harvard Dartmouth Austin, Walker, l.w. r.w., Sly, Everett Chase, Burgess, c. c., Sheehy, Mansur Beals, Howe, Hill, r.w. l.w., Lyon, Hall Hammond, l.d. r.d., Perry Crosby, r.d. l.d., Mills Cumings, g. g., Learned...
...with a play, never mind the critics. They are only individuals who want to be pleased as much as the audience does, only that they are more technical. Some critics are so easily pleased that they hail the "American play" every few weeks, just as you say that William Lyon Phelps hails the Great American Novel three or four times a month...