W. Somerset Maugham

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
NOTE ON THE SELECTION AND ITS ARRANGEMENT......Page 38
EDWARD GARNETT, reader's report, January 1897......Page 40
Unsigned review, Academy, September 1897......Page 42
JANE H.FINDLATER, essay, National Review, May 1900......Page 43
Unsigned review, Literature, August 1898......Page 45
Unsigned review, Academy, September 1898......Page 46
Unsigned review, Athenaeum, June 1899......Page 48
Unsigned review, Academy, July 1899......Page 49
Unsigned review, Academy and Literature, November 1902......Page 51
A. ST JOHN ADCOCK, review, Bookman (London), December 1902......Page 53
Unsigned review, Academy and Literature, October 1904......Page 56
Unsigned review, Athenaeum, October 1904......Page 57
Unsigned review, Athenaeum, March 1905......Page 58
VIRGINIA WOOLF, unsigned review, Times Literary Supplement, May 1905......Page 60
'THE BARON DE BOOK-WORMS' SIR F.C.BURNAND, review, Punch, February 1906......Page 61
'OLIVER HADDO' ALEISTER CROWLEY, review, Vanity Fair (London), December 1908......Page 63
Unsigned review, New York Times, February 1909......Page 76
E.K.CHAMBERS, review, Academy and Literature, February 1903......Page 78
MAX BEERBOHM, review, Saturday Review (London), March 1904......Page 82
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, October 1907......Page 87
REGINALD TURNER, review, Academy, November 1907......Page 89
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, March 1908......Page 92
MAX BEERBOHM, review, Saturday Review (London), April 1908......Page 95
Unsigned review, Illustrated London News, May 1908......Page 98
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, May 1908......Page 99
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, June 1908......Page 102
MAX BEERBOHM, review, Saturday Review (London), June 1908......Page 105
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, January 1909......Page 109
WILLIAM ARCHER, review, Nation (London), January 1909......Page 111
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, October 1909......Page 116
Unsigned review, Athenaeum, October 1909......Page 120
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, February 1910......Page 122
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, October 1910......Page 124
Unsigned review, Times, February 1911......Page 127
A.A.MILNE, review, Punch, March 1911......Page 130
Unsigned review, New York Times, December 1913......Page 132
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, March 1914......Page 134
S.O., review, English Review, May 1914......Page 137
Unsigned review, Times Literary Supplement, August 1915......Page 142
GERALD GOULD, review, New Statesman, September 1915......Page 145
Unsigned review, Athenaeum, August 1915......Page 148
THEODORE DREISER, review, New Republic, December 1915......Page 149
MARCUS AURELIUS GOODRICH, essay, New York Times, January 1925......Page 154
KATHERINE MANSFIELD, review, Athenaeum, May 1919......Page 158
Unsigned review, Saturday Review (London), May 1919......Page 161
MAXWELL ANDERSON, review, Dial, November 1919......Page 163
LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD, review, New York Times, November 1921......Page 167
Unsigned review, Saturday Review (London), November 1921......Page 170
REBECCA WEST, review, New Statesman, November 1921......Page 171
LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD, review, New York Times, February 1923......Page 174
GERALD GOULD, review, Saturday Review (London), January 1923......Page 176
Unsigned review, New York Times, March 1925......Page 179
P.C.KENNEDY, review, New Statesman, May 1925......Page 184
Unsigned review, Times Literary Supplement, May 1925......Page 186
L.P.HARTLEY, review, Saturday Review (London), September 1926......Page 187
EDWIN MUIR, review, Nation and Athenaeum, October 1926......Page 189
HENRY ALBERT PHILLIPS, review, New York Evening Post, October 1926......Page 190
EDWARD SHANKS, review, London Mercury, May 1928......Page 194
D.H.LAWRENCE, review, Vogue, July 1928......Page 195
Unsigned review, New York Times, April 1928......Page 197
Unsigned review, Times Literary Supplement, March 1930......Page 199
BELLAMY PARTRIDGE, review, New York Herald Tribune, April 1930......Page 201
ARTHUR COLTON, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), June 1930......Page 202
IVOR BROWN, review, Observer, October 1930......Page 204
EVELYN WAUGH, review, Graphic, October 1930......Page 206
LESLIE A.MARCHAND, review, New York Times, October 1930......Page 208
LEE WILSON DODD, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), October 1931......Page 211
L.A.G.STRONG, review, Spectator, October 1931......Page 213
ANNE ARMSTRONG, review, Saturday Review (London), November 1932......Page 217
FLORENCE HAXTON BRITTEN, review, New York Herald Tribune, November 1932......Page 220
WILLIAM PLOMER, review, Spectator, September 1933......Page 222
FLORENCE HAXTON BRITTEN, New York Herald Tribune, November 1933......Page 223
J.T.GREIN, review, Sunday Times, February 1916......Page 226
Unsigned review, New York Evening Post, March 1917......Page 229
DESMOND MacCARTHY, review, New Statesman, October 1923......Page 232
Unsigned review, Times, March 1919......Page 238
WILLIAM ARCHER, review, Weekly Review (New York), June 1919......Page 240
ALDOUS HUXLEY, review, Athenaeum, September 1919......Page 241
ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT, review, New York Times, October 1919......Page 243
Unsigned review, Times, August 1920......Page 246
FRANK SWINNERTON, review, Nation (London), August 1920......Page 249
DESMOND MacCARTHY, review, New Statesman, March 1921......Page 252
W.J.TURNER, review, London Mercury, April 1921......Page 255
JAMES AGATE, review, Saturday Review (London), September 1922......Page 257
DESMOND MacCARTHY, review, New Statesman, October 1922......Page 261
ROBERT BENCHLEY, review, Life, December 1926......Page 264
IVOR BROWN, review, Saturday Review (London), April 1927......Page 265
Unsigned review, Times, February 1927......Page 269
IVOR BROWN, review, Saturday Review (London), March 1927......Page 271
J.BROOKS ATKINSON, review, New York Times, November 1928......Page 274
J.T.GREIN, review, Illustrated London News, February 1929......Page 276
DESMOND MacCARTHY, review, New Statesman, October 1930......Page 278
J.B.PRIESTLEY, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), November 1930......Page 283
PETER FLEMING, review, Spectator, November 1932......Page 287
J.T.GREIN, review, Illustrated London News, November 1932......Page 289
DESMOND MacCARTHY, review, New Statesman, September 1933......Page 292
J.T.GREIN, review, Illustrated London News, September 1933......Page 296
LOUIS KRONENBERGER, review, New York Times, August 1934......Page 298
RAYMOND MORTIMER, review, New Statesman and Nation, August 1934......Page 302
GRAHAM GREENE, review, Spectator, August 1934......Page 306
GRAHAM GREENE, review, Spectator, June 1935......Page 309
RAYMOND MORTIMER, review, New Statesman and Nation, June 1935......Page 311
TERENCE HOLLIDAY, review, New York Herald Tribune, July 1935......Page 314
OSBERT SITWELL, review, London Mercury, September 1935......Page 317
FLORENCE HAXTON BRITTEN, review, New York Herald Tribune, February 1936......Page 320
Unsigned review, Times, March 1936......Page 322
BERNARD DeVOTO, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), March 1937......Page 324
ELIZABETH BOWEN, review, New Statesman and Nation, March 1937......Page 326
MONTGOMERY BELGION, review, Criterion, 1938......Page 330
GRAHAM GREENE, review, Spectator, January 1938......Page 335
STEPHEN VINCENT BENT, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), April 1938......Page 337
MALCOLM COWLEY, review, New Republic, March 1938......Page 342
EVELYN WAUGH, review, Spectator, February 1939......Page 347
RICHARD A.CORDELL, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), October 1939......Page 350
LORINE PRUETTE, review, New York Herald Tribune, April 1940......Page 352
V.S.PRITCHETT, review, New Statesman and Nation, June 1940......Page 355
IRIS BARRY, review, New York Herald Tribune, July 1940......Page 360
MORTON DAUWEN ZABEL, review, Nation (New York), May 1941......Page 362
PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON, review, Books of the Month, June 1941......Page 365
Unsigned review, Nation (New York), July 1942......Page 367
R.ELLIS ROBERTS, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), June 1942......Page 368
JOSEPH WARREN BEACH, review, New York Times, April 1944......Page 371
DIANA TRILLING, review, Nation (New York), May 1944......Page 374
KATE O'BRIEN, review, Spectator, July 1944......Page 375
CYRIL CONNOLLY, review, New Statesman and Nation, August 1944......Page 377
V.C.CLINTON-BADDELEY, review, Spectator, May 1946......Page 381
EDMUND WILSON, review, New Yorker, June 1946......Page 383
OLIVIA MANNING, review, Spectator, August 1947......Page 389
CHARLES LEE, review, New York Times, July 1947......Page 390
PAUL BLOOMFIELD, review, Manchester Guardian, August 1948......Page 393
ORVILLE PRESCOTT, review, New York Times, October 1948......Page 394
JOHN W.ALDRIDGE, review, Saturday Review of Literature (New York), October 1948......Page 396
NOL ANNAN, review, New Statesman and Nation, November 1954......Page 398
CHARLES MORGAN, review, Spectator, October 1949......Page 404
V.S.PRITCHETT, review, New Statesman and Nation, October 1949......Page 408
W.H.AUDEN, review, New York Times, October 1949......Page 412
S.N.BEHRMAN, review, New Yorker, October 1949......Page 416
SIR JOHN SQUIRE, review, Illustrated London News, November 1952......Page 423
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, review, New York Times, April 1953......Page 427
FRANK KERMODE, review, Manchester Guardian, November 1958......Page 430
KARL G.PFEIFFER, review, New York Herald Tribune, May 1959......Page 432
J.P.COLLINS, essay, Bookman (London), October 1919......Page 434
H.E.BATES, from The Modern Short Story, 1941......Page 440
SEWELL STOKES, essay, Theatre Arts (New York), February 1945......Page 443
Unsigned leading article, Times Literary Supplement, January 1954......Page 450
Unsigned leading article, New York Times, January 1954......Page 453
JOHN RAYMOND, review, New Statesman and Nation, January 1954......Page 454
J.D.SCOTT, review, Spectator, January 1954......Page 459
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, from Great English Short Stories, 1957......Page 463
WALTER ALLEN, tribute, New York Times, January 1964......Page 465
CYRIL CONNOLLY, obituary, Sunday Times, December 1965......Page 469
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 474
INDEX......Page 476