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Excerpt from Vandover and the Brute These had been transferred to a safer place and when a readjustment took place, it was discovered that a few of the crates had not been properly labelled and the contents of one or two of them failed to identify the owner. The manuscript of "Vandover and the Brute" was found, but is so happened that the signature of the title sheet had been cut for the sake of the autograph. The matter remained unsettled for seven years until a junior member of the firm one day began to read the manuscript, recognized its author's style at once, and a complete identification resulted. The greater parts of "Vandover and the Brute" and "McTeague" were written in the years of 1894 and 1895. It was at this period of Frank Norris'life that his career began to shape itself. In 1894 he completed his four year's course at the University of California and came East to take post-graduate work in the English department of Harvard University under the instruction of Prof. L. E. Gates. This was undoubtedly the most formative year of his life.That he appreciated this fact at the time is shown by his dedication of "McTeague" to Professor Gates. As far as I am able to determine, "McTeague" was begun and the bulk of it was written before he left California.While he was at Cambridge he commenced "Vandover and the Brute," which he completed after his return to San Francisco. The earlier chapters of "Vandover and the Brute" bear evidence to the Harvard influence. One can easily perceive to the Harvard influence. One can easily perceive, after reading the novel, how the story ran away from its author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.