Why, then, does he continue to trifle
with his threadbare adolescents, as if he were afraid to write
candidly about his coevals? Why does he drift with the sentimental
tide and make propaganda for provincial complacency?

4. In what direction lies Mr. Tarkington's future? Is he likely to become
more than a popular writer? What, if any, elements of enduring value do
you find in his work?

5. What "Hoosier" elements do you find in his work? Compare him with Ade,
Riley, Nicholson, and with the older writers of Indiana, Edward
Eggleston, and Maurice Thompson.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Gentleman from Indiana. 1899.
*Monsieur Beaucaire. 1900. (Dramatized, with E.G. Sutherland.)
The Two Vanrevels. 1902.
Cherry. 1903.
In the Arena. 1905.
The Conquest of Canaan. 1905.
The Beautiful Lady. 1905.
His Own People. 1907.
The Guest of Quesnay. 1908.
Beasley's Christmas Party. 1909.
Beauty and the Jacobin. 1911.
The Flirt. 1913.
*Penrod. 1914.
*The Turmoil. 1915.
Penrod and Sam. 1916.
*Seventeen. 1916.
The Magnificent Ambersons. 1918.
Ramsey Milholland. 1919.
*Clarence. 1919. (Play.)
*Alice Adams. 1921.
Gentle Julia. 1922.

For bibliography of unpublished plays, cf. _Who's Who in America_.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Cooper.
Eaton, W.P. At the New Theatre. 1910.
Holliday, Robert C. Booth Tarkington. 1918.
Nicholson, Meredith. The Hoosiers. (National Studies in American
Letters.) 1900.
Phelps.

Am. M. 83 ('17): Jan., p. 9; 86 ('18): Nov., p. 18. (Portraits.)
Bookm. 16 ('02): 214 (portrait), 373; 21 ('05): 5 (portrait);
24 ('07): 605 (portrait); 42 ('16): 505, 507 (portrait);
46 ('17): 259 (portrait); 48 ('18): 493.
Bookm. (Lond.) 55 ('19): 123 (portrait).
Critic, 36 ('00): 399 (portrait); 37 ('00): 396.
Cur. Lit. 30 ('01): 280.
Harp. W. 46 ('02): 1773 (portrait).
Ind. 52 ('00): 67, 2795 (portrait).
Liv. Age, 300 ('19): 541.
Mentor, 6 ('18): supp., p. 3 (portrait).
Nation, 103 ('16): 330; 112 ('21): 233. (Carl Van Doren.)
Outlook, 72 ('02): 817 (portrait); 90 ('08): 701; 126 ('20): 281;
128 ('21): 658 (portrait).
World's Work, 39 ('20); 496 portrait).

+Bert Leston Taylor+ (+"B.L.T."+, Massachusetts, 1866)--humorist, poet,
"columnist."

Editor of "A Line o' Type or Two" in the _Chicago Tribune_ until his
death in 1921. Characteristic books are _Motley Measures_, 1913,