20–14467
A new edition brought down to date to 1920. “The original text was translated by Mr Cary, and edited and continued down to the year 1890 by Dr J. Franklin Jameson. It has now been continued up to the present year by Mabell S. C. Smith, author of ‘Twenty centuries of Paris,’ and other historical studies. The original plan and arrangement have been maintained in this appendix, which begins in point of time with the Dreyfus case, includes the famous separation of church and state, the Fashoda incident, the Agadir incident, and other events leading up to and including the world war.” (Publisher’s announcement)
Booklist 17:83 N ’20 + R of Rs 62:446 O ’20 20w
DWIGHT, HARRY GRISWOLD. Emperor of Elam, and other stories. *$2 (2c) Doubleday
20–19763
The range of the stories comprises most of the earth and their flavor, too, is outlandish and full of whimsical humor. The title story takes the reader to Persia where a young Englishman in a motor-boat encounters a pompous native barge on a river in Luristan, upon which an alleged Brazilian is disporting himself as the Emperor of Elam. At Dizful the Englishman inadvertently discovers that the Brazilian is a German secret agent of his government. The war breaks out and in the course of events the would-be Emperor of Elam finds himself alone on board of the motor-boat with its French chauffeur, whom he has pressed into his services. With their countries at war, they recognize themselves as enemies and after a tense encounter of words and deeds the Frenchman sees but one weapon left to him with which to serve his country: he blows up the boat. The stories have appeared in the Century, Scribner’s, Smart Set, Short Stories and other magazines.
“Mr Dwight brings to the writing of these tales the triple qualifications of satirist, keen observer and stylist.” L. B.
+ Freeman 2:478 Ja 26 ’21 190w