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CHARLES MAJOR ("Dorothy Vernon") writes: "It is interesting, even for us who are guillotined; as some one once said to his executioner, 'It is a pleasure to be beheaded by so fine a gentleman.'' MR. S. WEIR MITCHELL ("Hugh Wynne") writes: "I thank you very much for the clever little sketch, which really extremely amused me—even with the head of me gone." MR. MADISON J. CAWEIN ("Myths and Romance") writes: "Whoever the author is, and I strongly suspect two- HENRY TYWELL and WILLIAM J. LAMPTONhe is certainly one of the best satirists our country has ever known. His knowledge of the writings of the different authors tried, as well as all their little ways and mannerisms, is simply wonderful. The book has already begun to make a sensation. It has been a long time since I enjoyed a clever piece of writing like this." The Literary Guillotine Who Wrote It???? Read the Guesses THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD: "Not a few readers of this racy indictment of Richard Harding Davis, Marie Corelli, et al., attribute the work to JAMES LANCASTER FORD, but others are equally positive that he is JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. Circumstantial evidence is not lacking in support of both views." THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN: "The informed reader will not go far in the task of perusing these pages without arriving at the conclusion that myself' stands for JAMES LANCASTER FORD, for the earmark that he put upon The Literary Workshop' is hardly to be mistaken." MR. HENRY L. SAUNDERS says: "I should like to hazard a guess that RICHARD LE GALLIENNE helped to sharpen the knives." THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS-LETTER: "The identity of the author of The Literary Guillotine' is withheld, though I strongly suspect CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS of being the perpetrator." THE BALTIMORE HERALD: "In connection with the speculation as to the name of the author it may be said that a number of the articles sound something like the mental evolutions of GELETT BURGESS.” |