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The 7 Lively
Arts
by
Gilbert Seldes
THE SEVEN
LIVELY ARTS
By
Gilbert Seldes
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certainnumber of artists who have a distinct facultyof their own by which they convey to us a peculiarquality of pleasure which we cannot get elsewhere;and these, too, have their place in generalculture, and must be interpreted to it by those whohave felt their charm strongly, and are often theobjects of a special diligence and a considerationwholly affectionate, just because there is not aboutthem the stress of a great name and authority.”
—Walter Pater
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXXIV
THE SEVEN LIVELY ARTS
Copyright, 1924
By Harper & Brothers
Printed in the U. S. A.
First Edition
B-Y
viiTO MY FATHER
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Keystone the Builders Rejected | 3 |
| An Imaginary Conversation | 27 |
| “I Am Here To-Day”: Charlie Chaplin | 41 |
| Say It with Music | 57 |
| Tearing a Passion to Ragtime | 69 |
| Toujours Jazz | 83 |
| Mr Dooley, Meet Mr Lardner | 111 |
| A Tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld | 129 |