plaee oa the ChronieXe * H© carried on the tradition 

 that Hr* Fltoh had already established and beoaioe 

 eiren smeh better known* 01* ooiirae it vati a 

 different age; there was imioh more eoBsmmication 

 than in Kr» Fitches day^ 



0ilbt Was Fitoh a eauatio orltle? 



Cogginai Hot that I recall— I didn^t know him very well, but 

 he seezaed a kindly person* X think people felt 

 that he was honest and serious* 



Gilbl Did you make an effort to get the books that you 

 were publishing reviewed by him? 



Cogginst Xou didn't have to make an effort because 



Calif omlans were rather patriotic* Anything 

 published in California was treated with considers** 

 txoii* 



Oilbs X see* And local critics didn't attack your books* 



OogginsJ Ho, neyrev did* The only criticism I ever had—one 

 time Z wrote a letter to Porter Garnett, one of 

 the literary figures of the Bohemian Club— he was 

 back East at the time* I wanted him to write m 

 book Gn "Oaiifomla literature*" He sort of slapped 

 my wrists* He didn't recognise any such thing as 

 California literature* Literature was tmiversal* 

 He resented this local pride* 



