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Dictionary of Literary Biography • Volume Two Hundred Ninety-Four James Gould Cozzens: A Documentary Volume Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book GALE" THOMSON GALE Detroit • New York • San Diego • San Francisco • Cleveland • New Haven, Conn. • Waterville, Maine • London • Munich Contents Plan of the Series xxvii Introduction xxix Acknowledgments xxxiii Permissions xxxiv Books by James Gould Cozzens 3 Chronology 5 I. Youth and Confusion 9 Early Years 9 Brought Up in a Garden—from James Gould Cozzens's foreword to Roses of Yesterday (1967) Facsimile: Illustrated composition Facsimile: Staten Island Academy composition Two Poems-'The Andes," The Qwjfljanuary 1915, and "Lord Kitchener," Digby Weekly Courier, 16June1916 Kent School \ 15 A Democratic School-article by Cozzens, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1920 Emerson: "A Friendly Thinker"—essay by Cozzens, Kent Quarterly, December 1920 Books That Mattered—list of books Cozzens submitted to Christian Century, 22 August 1962 Harvard 19 The Trust in Princes-poem by Cozzens, Harvard Advocate, 1 November 1922 Remember the Rose—story by Cozzens, Harvard Advocate, 1 June 1923 A First Novel 22 Facsimile: Epigraph for Confusion Some Putative Facts of Hard Record or He Commences Authour Aetatis Suae 19-20-Cozzens letter to Matthew J. Bruccoli The Birth of Cerise: from Confusion Facsimile: Pages from Cozzens's 1923 diary: 24 February, 13 March, and 17 October The Death of Cerise: from Confusion Reception of Confusion 31 Harvard Undergrad, at 19, Has 'Best Seller' Accepted-Boston Traveller, 1 April 1924 ; Beebe Celebrates Cozzens-from The Lucius Beebe Reader and Beebe's review of Cozzens's novel in the Boston Telegram, 8 April 1924 A Voice From Young Harvard-C. B. O., Boston Evening Transcript, 9 April 1924 xv Contents DLB 294 Harvard Sophomore, Only 19, Writes Successful Novel- The New York World, 20 April 1924 There Was a Lady-review in The New York Times, 27 April 1924 Review of Confusion-^. M., The Harvard Advocate, 1 May 1924 Confusion: Studying the Conflicts of Youth Without Throwing Mud—review in The Boston Herald, 10 May 1924 The Pluperfect Virgin—review of Confusion, John Carter, New York Evening Post Literary Review, 10 May 1924 Fiction Brief—review of Confusion, R. B. F., The New Republic, 24 September 1924 Facsimile: Inscription in Confusion to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. Facsimile: Inscription in Confusion to Ingle Barr Cozzens as Scholar and Editor: His Preface to The Criticisms of John Keats on English Poetry II. Michael Scarlett, Cock Pit, and The Son of Perdition 45 An Elizabethan Novel 45 Meeting Nashe and Marlowe: from Michael Scarlett Cozzens Previews Michael Scarlett—article by Cozzens, Daily Princetonian, 12 June 1925 Shakespeare on Scarlett's Play: from Michael Scarlett Shakepeare's Praise—from the English edition of Michael Scarlett Elizabedian England—review of Michael Scarlett, The New York Times Book. Review, 15 November 1925 Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 21 November 1925 Michael Scarlett: A History-review in The Times Literary Supplement, 4 August 1927 The Elizabethan World of Michael Scarlett-essay by George Garrett Facsimile: Inscription in Michael Scarlett to John Abbott Cuba and Europe Cock Pit 57 An Inquisition: from Cock Pit Marriage—sestet of a love poem Cozzens wrote for Bernice Baumgarten Don Miguel's Arrangement: from Cock Pit Cozzens to Berdia Wood Cozzens, 23 February 1928 Facsimile: Inscription in Cock Pit to R. O. Binet A Passion in Cuba-review of Cock Pit, Isa Glenn, New York Evening Post, 29 September 1928 Cuban Sugar Planters—review of Cock Pit, The New York Times Book Review, 7 October 1928 Cuban Drama-review of Cock Pit, David Bramble, New York Herald Tribune Books, 7 October 1928 Facsimiles: Inscriptions in Cock Pit to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. and to Ingle Barr The Son of Perdition 69 Cozzens to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 26 November 1928 Findley Meets Stellow: from The Son of Perdition '• A Place Prepared: from The Son of Perdition Desperately Interesting—review of The Son of Perdition, William McFee, New York Herald Tribune Books, 1 September 1929 xvi DLB 294 Contents Son of Perdition—review of The Son of Perdition, William Bolitho, The New York World, 17 September 1929 Cozzens on His Early Novels-from Cozzens letter to John M. Iggulden, 20 March 1963 Figures in Cuba—review of The Son of Perdition, Vincent McHugh, Providence Journal, 6 October 1929 A Strongly Dramatic Tale of Cuba—review of The Son of Perdition, Charles G. Poore, The New York Times Book Review, 6 October 1929 Re-assessing the Cuban Novels—from Cozzens letter to WilliamJovanovich, 28 October 1966 Writing Short Stories 80 III. The Novels of 1931-1940: S.S. San Pedro, The Last Adam, Castaway, Men andBrethen, and Ask Me Tomorrow 85 S.S. San Pedro 85 Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 10 December 1928 A First Sentence—from Edmund Morris's address on Cozzens The Necessary Limitations of Man's Nature-from Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 5 August 1929 The Ship at Dockside: from S.S. San Pedro Some Deep Sleep: from S.S. San Pedro Stephen Crane Redivivus-review of S.S. San Pedro, William McFee, The Saturday Review of Literature, 12 September 1931 Facsimile: Review of S.S. San Pedro, Christopher Morley, Book-of-the-Month Club News, August 1931 Facsimile: Inscription in S.S'. San Pedro to Ingle Barr New Novels: review of S.S. San Pedro, The Times Literary Supplement, 10 September 1931 Facsimile: Page with Cozzens's revisions for the 1967 Harcourt, Brace 8c World "Uniform Edition" The Last Adam 97 A Portrait of Henry Harris: from The Last Adam Facsimilev Review of The Last Adam, Henry Seidel Canby, and interview article, Ruth Hale, Book-of-the-Month Club News, December 1932 Cozzens' Novel of Life In New Winton and of Dr. Bull Worth While—review of The Last Adam, Joseph H.Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 January 1933 Facsimile: Review by John Chamberlain, The New York Times Book Review, 8 January 1933 Cozzens, Author of Novel About Connecticut Denies He Had Kent In Mind-Praised Yankees- Cozzens letter to the Waterbury Republican, 19 January 1933 Excerpt from review by T. S. Matthews in The New Republic, 25 January 1933 The Last Adam-response to Cozzens letter to the editor, Alfred C. Worley, The New Milford (Connecticut) Times, 2 February 1933 A Cure of Eesh-review in The Times Literary Supplement, 23 February 1933 The World of Books: Imaginative Realism-reviews of S.S. San Pedro and A Cure of Flesh, Desmond MacCarthy, The Sunday Times (London), 12 March 1933 Facsimile: Inscription in The Last Adam to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. j Facsimile: Page with Cozzens's revisions for the 1956 Harvest edition of The Last Adam Castaway "115 Writing Castaway--from Cozzens letter to Frederick Bracher, 5 June 1958 xvii Contents DLB 294 Mr. Lecky Gets a Gun: from Castaway Facsimile: Explanatory preliminary note for Castaway included in die English edition Facsimile: Inscription in Castaway to Gordon Cooper, 16 October 1934 ~ Castaway-review, The Times Literary Supplement, 18 October 1934 Gruesome Crusoe-review of Castaway, William Rose Benet, The Saturday Review of Literature, 17 November 1934 A Department Store Crusoe—review of Castaway, David C. Tilden, New York Herald Tribune Books, 16 December 1932 My Favorite Forgotten Book-Stanley Edgar Hyman, Tomorrow, May 1947 Men and Brethren " 124 Lulu Merrick: from Men and Brethren Cudlipp's Calling: from Men and Brethren The First Reader-review of Men and Brethren, Harry Hansen, New York World-Telegram, 2January 1936 James Gould Cozzens Portrays New York Clergyman and His Problems in Brilliant Novel—review of Men and Brethren, Herschel Brickell, New York Post, 2January 1936 Books of the Times—review oi Men and Brethren, Robert Van Gelder, The New York Times, 4 January 1936 Praise for Men and Brethren--excepts from Ernest W. Mandeville, Churchman, 1 January 1936; Elmer Davis, The Saturday Review of Literature, 4 January 1936; F. H. Britten, Books, 5 January 1936; C. B. Palmer, Boston Transcript, 11 January 1936; Time, 13 January 1936; Louis Kronenberger, The Nation, 15 January 1936; Henry Seidel Canby; Dorothea Kingsland, The New York Times, 19January 1936; A. S. Hurley, Christian Century, 5 February 1936; Living Church, 22 February 1936; Herschel Brickell, Review of Reviews, February 1936; Kenneth Horan, Chicago Journal of Commerce; and Stephen Hole Fritchman, The Christian Register, 5 March 1936; A New Parish-review of Men and Brethren, Mark Schorer, The New Republic, 15 January 1936 Biographical Statement-Cozzens letter to Fred B. Millett, 4 February 1937 Portrait of a Vicar—review of Men and Brethren, The Times Literary Supplement, 14 March 1936 Facsimile: Inscription in Men and Brethren to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. New Novels—review of Men andBrethren, Cyril Connolly, New Statesman andNation, 14 March 1936 Ask Me Tomorrow 138 A Writer's Ambition: from Ask Me Tomorrow Books of die Times—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Ralph Thompson, The New York Times, 13 June 1940 Books And Things—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune Books, 15June1940 James Gould Cozzens at Work-Robert Van Gelder, The New York Times Book Review, 23 June 1940 The American Ineffectual—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Jonathan Daniels, The Saturday Review of Literature, 29June1940 IV. The Just and the Unjust 145 The Doylestown Case 145 Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 26 January 1940 ' Body of Weiss Found in Creek; Shot, Weighted-article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 January 1935 Weiss Death Trials Start Tomorrow—article by George M. Mawhinney from the Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 February 1935 xviii DLB 294 Contents Ex-pal Names 2 Mais Aides As Weiss Slayers-article by George M.