ENGLISH BOOKS IN AMERICA
A WIDE POPULARITY Mr Lowell Brentano, vice-president of one.of New Yoi'k’s .'biggest finds of publishers and booksellers, speaking in London recently, warmly .praised English books and authors. Shaw, Barrie, Galsworthy, and Bennett, he stated, were some of twenty or thirty English authors, wl)psebooks duive'; an immense sale in America. ‘ Bernard ‘ Shaw was probably, the most remarkable example of all, and between 80,000 and 90,000 copies of ‘The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism ’ had already been sold in America, : “ On the whole,” Mr Brentano declared, “ I do not think that you Englisn people are so sympathetically disposed toward, our writers as w© are to yours. There is . a little prejudice against us. Am English publisher handling, an American book would,want to ‘Anglicise it—remove the 'Americanisms. ■Wo, do not wish to do .that. We like your English books to be 100 .per'cent. English.” ■ .■■ v
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Evening Star, Issue 20057, 24 December 1928, Page 7
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146ENGLISH BOOKS IN AMERICA Evening Star, Issue 20057, 24 December 1928, Page 7
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