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...these two volumes, the first of a contemplated twelve collecting all of James's stories, the young James was already subtly exploring human evil. His characters work their cruelty unconsciously; they kill by attrition and neglect. A devoted mother kills her soldier son by telling him, as he lies badly wounded, that the girl he left behind loves another man. A husband kills his sick wife by casually informing her that he spent the moment of her childbirth with another woman...
Trouble Ahead. Bound in hard covers, the potato serials formed a vast sub-literature whose authors typed fast, grew rich, and pretended to be wistful about critical neglect. Among the fastest and richest was Faith Baldwin, whose income reached six figures a year during the '30s and '40s, and who has written, under her own name and pseudonyms, at least 100 books Edmund Wilson has never heard of. Editors loved her because she was dependable and fast. Once, with no perceptible quickening in pace, she clicked off a 12,000-word novella during a four-day coast...
...time of William Faulkner was long enough for his work to be read, misread, raged at and, for a long while, largely forgotten. By 1945 not one of his novels was in print in the U.S. Neglect suited Faulkner well enough; he was a shy man, and as indifferent to the reception of his work as it is possible for an artist to be. But before long, reporters were straining his Southern civility. The praise of a few perceptive U.S. critics had stirred interest in Europe, and in 1950 Faulkner received the Nobel Prize. By last week, when William Faulkner...
...start with a healthy heart," said Boston's Dr. Paul Dudley White, 76, elder statesman of cardiology, "physical labor or exercise apparently helps to keep it healthy. There is no evidence, that mental work per se causes heart disease, although in excess it may lead to neglect of proper health habits, and thus perhaps favor the early development of heart disease. The best antidote for the harmful effects of intensive mental work is vigorous physical labor or exercise...
...Probation: a more serious warning. Students on probation must attend all their classes and cannot participate in extracurricular activities. Among the misdeeds that incur a sentence of probation are neglect the Physical Training Requirement or failure to receive at least three C's and a D in any one term. In general, probation does not last more than one term -- after this time the student is either restored to good standing or forced to take a leave of absence. (Harvard has a milder form of the same which it uses with uppercase Called "House Warning," of probation does not exclude...