The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)

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The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes), by James Branch Cabell, carries a quoted saying that criticism, whatever may be its pretensions, never does more than to define the impression which is made upon it at a certain moment by a work. The text says the nineteenth century, in fact, by making education popular, has produced in America the curious spectacle of a reading-public with essentially nonliterary tastes. Mr. Wycherley says they have been serious for half-an-hour and proposes to discuss theology, dear aunt, or millinery, or metaphysics, or the King's new statue at Windsor.

The text says John Charteris, as has been said, was in reality a trifle fagged. The text says that one man was adjudged to be delightful, cordial, and not a bit stuck-up, not spoiled at all, you know.

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James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American author from Richmond, Virginia, best known for the elaborate fantasy cycle he called the Biography of the Life of Manuel. His ironic, ornate style won admirers including Mark Twain, and drew wide notoriety when Jurgen faced an obscenity trial.