The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Seven Lively Arts, by Gilbert Seldes

The Keystone the Builders Rejected

Mr Dooley, Meet Mr Lardner

MR DOOLEY, MEET MR LARDNER

THE KEYSTONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED

A Tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld

A TRIBUTE TO FLORENZ ZIEGFELD

The Darktown Strutters on Broadway

THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS ON BROADWAY

Plan For a Lyric Theatre in America

PLAN FOR A LYRIC THEATRE IN AMERICA

The One-Man Show

THE ONE-MAN SHOW

The Dæmonic in the American Theatre

THE DÆMONIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE

The 7 Lively Arts by Gilbert Seldes

These, Too ...

THESE, TOO ...

The “Vulgar” Comic Strip

THE “VULGAR” COMIC STRIP

The Krazy Kat That Walks by Himself

THE KRAZY KAT THAT WALKS BY HIMSELF

The Damned Effrontery of the Two-a-Day

THE DAMNED EFFRONTERY OF THE TWO-A-DAY

They Call It Dancing

THEY CALL IT DANCING

St Simeon Stylites

ST SIMEON STYLITES

Burlesque, Circus, Clowns, and Acrobats

BURLESQUE, CIRCUS, CLOWNS, AND ACROBATS

The True and Inimitable Kings of Laughter

THE TRUE AND INIMITABLE KINGS OF LAUGHTER

The Great God Bogus

THE GREAT GOD BOGUS

An Open Letter to the Movie Magnates

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MOVIE MAGNATES

Before a Picture by Picasso

BEFORE A PICTURE BY PICASSO

An Imaginary Conversation

AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION

Appendices

APPENDIX TO “I AM HERE TO-DAY”

“BANANAS” AND OTHER SONGS

APPENDIX TO “THESE, TOO ...”

THE KRAZY KAT BALLET

FURTHER NOTE ON THE FRATELLINI

THE CINEMA NOVEL

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOOTNOTES

Index of Principal Names

INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES

Transcriber’s Notes

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CONTENTS

“I am Here To-Day”: Charlie Chaplin

“I AM HERE TO-DAY”: CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Say It With Music

SAY IT WITH MUSIC

ILLUSTRATIONS

Tearing a Passion to Ragtime

TEARING A PASSION TO RAGTIME

NOTE

Toujours Jazz

TOUJOURS JAZZ