Quote of the day
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
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)