Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — Teas Marshall Stepping Rapidly To the Front As a Writer. [ARTICLE]

Teas Marshall Stepping Rapidly To the Front As a Writer.

Tess Marshall, son of George Marshall, former editor of The Republican, is making rapid strides to the front as a writer for the various magazines of the country and has just had an honor conferred upon him. Edward J. O’Brien, short story critic, lias seen fit to place the farmer Rensselaer boy on his honor roll for the year of 1916. The following account taken from the Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune is sure to interest our readers: “Edison Marshall, former Oregon student who is now an established magazine writer, has just received word that he has been placed «.n Edward J. O’Brien's short story oil of ■honor for 1916. Mr. Marshall is staying at the Delta Tau Delta house. He expects to remain in Eugene for several weeks. “Edward J. O'Brien, eroognized short story critic of America, published his annual report of the American in the Boston Transcript a few days ago. Later it will appear in book form. He reported on all the stories published in the best magazines in 1916, making a list of the best stories out of the he had read. Seventy-five authors of stories on the list were placed on hi? roll of honor, os contributing work of permanent literary value. “Mr. Marshall’s ‘The Missing Seventeen,’ which appeared in the Saturday 'Evening Post last May. was one of the seven stories from the 1916 issues of that magazine to be givenplaces cn the roll of honor. Two of the other six honored stories were b\ Norman Duncan, and one each by Basil King, Irvin S. Cobb, Melville D. Post, and Katherine Norris. - “Mr. O’Brien classifies his stories into four groups: first, those hardly deserving publication, second, stories, distinguished by either good technique or substance; third, very distinguished stories containing both of these qualities, and lastly, a short list of stories of permanent literary value. ‘The Missing Seventeen’ was on the latter list. “Among other stories of Mr. Marshall that will appear soon is a series ol short stories, in the American magazine, starting probably in the near future.”