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                    THE MENTOR 1916.05.01, No. 106,
                    American Pioneer Prose Writers

                            LEARN ONE THING
                               EVERY DAY

                    MAY 1 1916      SERIAL NO. 106

                                  THE
                                MENTOR

                           AMERICAN PIONEER
                             PROSE WRITERS

                         By HAMILTON W. MABIE
                           Author and Editor

                    DEPARTMENT OF         VOLUME 4
                    LITERATURE            NUMBER 6

                         FIFTEEN CENTS A COPY




Fame In Name Only


What do we really know of them--these library gods of ours? We know
them by name; their names are household words. We know them by fame;
their fame is immortal. So we pay tribute to them by purchasing their
books--and, too often,