"Keith Preston" was a Chicago-based literary critic, author and journalist. Born in 1884, Preston had a strong academic background, holding a BA and PhD from the University of Chicago and an MA from the University of Indiana. After receiving his PhD in philosophy in 1914, he married Etta Shield, another classics scholar. He then taught classics and philosophy at the University of Indiana, Princeton University, and Northwestern University. In 1922 he left academe to join the staff of the Chicago Daily News as a columnist and literary editor. He was literary editor there and wrote the ‘The Periscope’ and ‘Hit or Miss’ columns. Preston published four volumes of his humorous poetry during his lifetime and his wife published a collection of his poems after his death. He died at age 42 in 1926.

* [http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/preston/Preston.html Keith Preston Papers] at Newberry Library

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The alienist is not a joke - He finds you cracked, and leaves you broke.

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He must not laugh at his own wheeze: A snuff box has no right to sneeze.

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