VANGUARDS OF FAME

At least the organization termed the Book-of-the-Mouth Club is possessed of a fearless Seleering Committee. Twice has the honor of being the best book been awarded to authors formerly unknown to literature. The judges including such people as Henry Seidel Canby, Heywood Broun, and Christopher Morley, are also evidently good precursors of popular taste, for almost every prize winner eventually reaches the list of best sellers.

This splendid ignoring of names and fames in connection with choosing the book of the month is a favorable indication to struggling writers Publishers are extremely wary of unpublished authors, and oftentimes a mediocre book may be carried to success by the name of the author. But when publishers see that the book itself is the object to be judged not the name of the author here will come a chance for the million masterpieces tucked away in burean drawers.