Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Henry Seidel Canby
Born: September 6, 1878
Died: April 5, 1961 (aged 82)
Bio: Henry Seidel Canby was a critic, editor, and Yale University professor.
Known for:
- The Brandywine (1941)
- College sons and college fathers (1915)
- Education by violence (1919)
- English Composition in Theory and Practice (1909)
- A study of the short story (1913)