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Young Adventure. 1918.
Heavens and Earth. 1920.
The Beginning of Wisdom. 1921. (Novel.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 47 ('18): 558 (Phelps); 54 ('21): 394.
Dial, 71 ('21): 597.
Poetry, 16 ('20): 53; 20 ('22): 340.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919, 1920, 1921.
+William Rose Benet+--poet.
Born at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, 1886. Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1907. Free lance writer in California 1907-11. Reader for the _Century Magazine_, 1911-18. In 1920, a.s.sociate editor of the _Literary Review_ of the _New York Evening Post_.
Mr. Benet's verse has attracted attention for its pictorial imagination, vigorous rhythms, and grotesque and lively fancy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Merchants from Cathay. 1913.
The Falconer of G.o.d. 1914.
The Great White Wall. 1916.
The Burglar of the Zodiac. 1918.
Perpetual Light. 1919.
Moons of Grandeur. 1920.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Bookm. 47 ('18): 558; 53 ('21): 168.
Dial, 56 ('14): 67.
Poetry, 5 ('14): 91; 9 ('17): 322; 12 ('18): 216; 15 ('19): 48.
R. of Rs. 51 ('15): 759.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1920.
+Konrad Bercovici+--story writer.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Crimes of Charity. 1917. (With introduction by John Reed.) Dust of New York. 1919. (Short stories.) Ghiza and Other Romances of Gipsy Blood. 1921.
For reviews, see _Book Review Digest_, 1917, 1919, 1921.
+Edwin (August) Bjorkman+--critic.
Born at Stockholm, Sweden, 1866. Educated in Stockholm high school.
Clerk, actor, and journalist in Sweden, 1881-91. Came to America, 1891.
On staffs of St. Paul and Minneapolis papers, 1892-7; on the _New York Sun_ and _New York Times_, 1897-1905. On the editorial staff of the _New York Evening Post_, 1906. Department editor of the _World's Work_ and editor of the _Modern Drama Series_, 1912--.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Is There Anything New Under the Sun? 1911.
Gleams: A Fragmentary Interpretation of Man and His World. 1912.
Voices of To-morrow. 1913.
The Soul of a Child. 1922. (Novel.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Cur. Op. 55 ('13): 190 (portrait).
R. of Rs. 45 ('12): 115 (portrait).
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1913.
+Maxwell Bodenheim+--poet.
Born at Natchez, Mississippi, 1892. Grammar school education. Served in the U.S. Army, 1910-13. Studied law and art in Chicago.
SUGGESTIONS FOR READING
Mr. Bodenheim gets his effects by his management of detail. For this reason, his use of picture-making words and suggestive phrases offers material for special study. See the _New Republic_, 13 ('17): 211, for his own statement of his creed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Minna and Myself. 1918.
Advice. 1920.
Introducing Irony. 1922.
Also in: Poetry. (_Pa.s.sim._) The Little Review. (_Pa.s.sim._)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Dial, 66 ('19): 356; 69 ('20): 645.
