Dial, 68 ('20): 362.
No. Am. 210 ('19): 849.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1919.
+Jack London+--novelist.
Born at San Francisco, 1876. Studied at the University of California, but
left college to go to the Klondyke. In 1892, shipped before the mast.
Went to Japan; hunted seal in Behring Sea. Tramped far and wide in the
United States and Canada, in 1894, for social and economic study. War
correspondent in the Russian-Japanese War. Traveled extensively.
Socialist. Died in 1916.
His work is very uneven; but the following books are regarded as among
his best:
The Call of the Wild. 1903.
The Sea-Wolf. 1904.
Martin Eden. 1909. (Autobiographical.)
John Barleycorn. 1913. (Autobiographical.)
For an account of his life and work, see _The Book of Jack London_, by
Charmian London, 1921 (cf. _Freeman_, 4 ['22]: 407). For reviews, cf. the
_Book Review Digest_, especially 1903-7, 1911, 1915.
+Robert Morss Lovett+--man of letters.
Born at Boston, 1870. A.B., Harvard, 1892. Taught English at Harvard,
1892-3; at Chicago, since 1893; professor since 1909. Editor of _The
Dial_, 1919. On the staff of _The New Republic_, 1921--.