The English novelist and dramatist Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was the author of The Old Wives' Tale, a masterpiece of realism. Arnold Bennett was born on May 27, 1867, in Hanley, one of the pottery-making "Six Towns" of central England. The youth, called...
Enoch Arnold Bennett was a multifaceted celebrity in his day--novelist, short-story writer, critic, journalist, playwright, travelogue writer, prodigious letter writer, watercolorist, member of government, yachtsman--with diverse interests and phenomenal...
Straw was laid in the streets outside Chiltern Court, to deaden sounds, while Arnold Bennett lay dying in his flat there. It was the last time the city of London was to pay such respect to a public figure. To some extent this respect was nostalgic becaus...
The United States Field Artillery Association was founded in 1910 by Major John E. McMahon, Captain William J. Snow, and Captain W.S. McNair, to promote the efficiency of the Field Artillery by maintaining its best traditions. Over ninety-five years later, the Association stands strong...
Publishing with a Gun to Your Head In December, at a castle outside of Prague, I joined a group of American publishers in an attempt to explain modern book publishing to several hundred Czechoslovakian publishers, agents and writers. (See PW International, Feb. 15.)...
Republican Mike Johanns looked to the Web before taking to the road Wednesday, announcing his run for a Senate seat through a short online video.The former governor, who resigned as U.S. agriculture secretary last month, said he took Nebraska with him as he worked in...
