ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Reading edition
The author wishes to express his indebtedness to the publishers who have so kindly granted him permission to reprint extended quotations from novels used in the chapters of this book. These include Robert M. McBride & Company, publishers of “Jurgen,” “Figures of Earth,” “Domnei” and “The Cream of the Jest” by James Branch Cabell; Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers of “My Antonia” by Willa Cather; Boni & Liveright, publishers of “An American Tragedy,” “A Hoosier Holiday,” “The Genius,” “Sister Carrie,” “The Financier” and “Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub” by Theodore Dreiser and “Dark Laughter” by Sherwood Anderson; The Viking Press, publishers of “Marching Men,” “The Triumph of the Egg,” “A Story Teller’s Story,” “Windy McPherson’s Son” and “Many Marriages” by Sherwood Anderson; and D. Appleton & Company, publishers of “Miss Lulu Bett” by Zona Gale.