The American Mercury Archives The American Mercury • 37 Years,
441 Issues,
13,067 Articles,
67,194pp

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Issues of the 1920s = 6 Years, 72 Issues, 2,358 Articles-
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Issues of 1924 = 12 Issues, 321 Articles
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Issues of 1925 = 12 Issues, 376 Articles
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Issues of 1926 = 12 Issues, 373 Articles
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Issues of 1927 = 12 Issues, 418 Articles
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Issues of 1928 = 12 Issues, 431 Articles
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Issues of 1929 = 12 Issues, 439 Articles-
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January 1929 Issue = 33 Articles- The Catholic Church Faces America by E. Boyd Barrett, pp. 1-10
- Freebooters of the Forest by Marquis W. Childs, pp. 11-16
- The Trade of the Journalist by Richard Owen Boyer, pp. 17-24
- Mr. Blease of South Carolina by O.L. Warr, pp. 25-32
- Americana, pp. 33-37
- Housekeeping Faces the Stars by Arturo F. Ratti, pp. 38-45
- Is American Capital Intelligent? by Abraham Epstein, pp. 46-51
- Pennsylvania Idyl by Josephine Herbst and John Herrmann, pp. 52-59
- A Little More about Eve by James Branch Cabell, pp. 60-63
- The Northwest Takes to Poesy by James Stevens, pp. 64-70
- Movie Critics by Leda V. Bauer, pp. 71-73
- Tobacco Among the Indians by Cornelia H. Dam, pp. 74-76
- I Investigate Lynchings by Walter White, pp. 77-84
- Chautauqua in the Jazz Age by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 85-93
- Crop Campers by H.L. Davis, pp. 94-95
- Hands Across the Rio Grande by Jose Miguel Petersen, pp. 96-103
- The West Point of Fundamentalism by William Cobb, pp. 104-112
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 113-115
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 116-121
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What Is Civilization? by H.L. Mencken, pp. 122-123 - 8 Reviews- Civilization by Clive Bell
- The Building of Cultures by Roland B. Dixon
- Where Is Civilization Going? by Scott Nearing
- Anthropology and Modern Life by Franz Boas
- In the Beginning by G. Elliot Smith
- Pots and Pans by Herbert Spencer Harrison
- First Player by Ivor Brown
- How We Go Round by Evelyn Sharp
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Men in Cages by H.L. Mencken, pp. 124-126 - 2 Reviews- Life and Death in Sing Sing by Lewis Edward Lawes
- Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe
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The Nine Against Liberty by H.L. Mencken, p. 127 - 1 Review- Losing Liberty Judicially by Thomas James Norton
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-154
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Check List of New Books - 5 Reviews- This Puzzling Planet by Edwin Tenney Brewster
- How Animals Find Their Way About by Etienne Rabaud
- Psychology for the Writer by Howard K. Nixon
- A Short History of Medicine by Charles J. Singer
- The Conquest of Life by Serge Voronoff
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Public Affairs Motherhood in Bondage, by Margaret Sanger - 11 Reviews- Motherhood in Bondage by Margaret Sanger
- College or Kindergarten? by C. Maxwell McConn
- Jews Are Like That! by James Waterman Wise
- The Handwriting on the Wall by Arthur D. Little
- Who Will be Master, Europe or America? by Lucien Romier
- American Reconstruction, 1865-1870 by Georges Clemenceau
- Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays
- Catholicism and the Modern Mind by Michael Williams
- Some More Medical Views on Birth Control by Norman Haire
- Recent Gains in American Civilization by Kirby Page
- Labor and Farmer Parties in the United States, 1828-1928 by Nathan Fine
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Biography The House that Shadows Built, by Will Irwin - 17 Reviews- The House that Shadows Built by Will Irwin
- On My Way by Art Young
- John Wesley: A Portrait by Abram Lipsky
- The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan by Isaac Goldberg
- Big Frogs by Henry F. Pringle
- Rasputin: The Holy Devil by Rene Fulop-Miller
- James Wolfe, Man and Soldier by W.T. Waugh
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes: Eccentric and Poet by Royall H. Snow
- The Mad King by Guy de Pourtales
- Bullets and Bolos by John R. White
- Twelve Portraits of the French Revolution by Henri Beraud
- A Modern Plutarch by John Cournos
- A Gallery of Eccentrics by Morris Bishop
- Gentlemen Unafraid by Barrett Willoughby
- Keeping Off the Shelf by Blanche G. Whiffen
- The Enchantress by Helen W. Henderson
- Memories of a Sculptor's Wife by Mary French
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History The American Party Battle, by Charles A. Beard - 8 Reviews- The American Party Battle by Charles A. Beard
- In Quest of Truth and Justice by Harry Elmer Barnes
- Famous Prize Fights by Jeffery Farnol
- A History of Canada by Carl F. Wittke
- Famous Seamen of California by Hanson Hart Webster and Ela M. Power
- Byzantine Portraits by Charles Diehl
- Modern World History, 1776-1926 by Alexander Clarence Flick
- Science and History by A.L. Rowse
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Criticism A Study of the Modern Novel, by Annie Russell ... - 2 Reviews- A Study of the Modern Novel by Annie Russell Marble
- Matthew Arnold by Hugh Kingsmill
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Fine Arts The Songs of Schubert, by C.E. Le Massena - 5 Reviews- The Songs of Schubert by C.E. Le Massena
- Old Silver of Europe and America by E. Alfred Jones
- Agnolo Bronzino by Arthur K. McComb
- Modern French Painters by Maurice Raynal
- Architecture by Andrew L.N. Russell
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Religion The Confusion of Tongues, by Charles W. Ferguson - 2 Reviews- The Confusion of Tongues by Charles W. Ferguson
- The Graphic Bible by Lewis Browne
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Literature The American Caravan II, by Alfred Kreymborg, ... - 3 Reviews- The American Caravan II by Alfred Kreymborg, Lewis Mumford, and Paul Rosenfeld, ...
- Selected Letters of Byron by V.H. Collins and Byron
- The Anecdotes and Egotisms of Henry Mackenzie, 1745-1831 by Harold William Thompson and Henry Mackenzie
- Editorial Notes
- The Investment Trust by Rudolph L. Weissman
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February 1929 Issue = 33 Articles- The Presidential Succession by H.H. Sawyer, pp. 129-135
- The Sad Case of Porto Rico by Luis Munoz Marin, pp. 136-141
- Old Man Isbell's Wife by H.L. Davis, pp. 142-149
- Editorial, pp. 150-152
- Are We Solving the Traffic Problem? by Raymond S. Tompkins, pp. 153-162
- Dry Texas by Albert Lindsay O'Neale, Jr., pp. 163-167
- Grande Dame by John Armstrong, pp. 168-174
- Americana, pp. 175-179
- There's Women in Portland by B. Virginia Lee, pp. 180-182
- Some New Whitman Letters by Emory Holloway, pp. 183-188
- Ann to Gwendolyn by Muriel Moore, pp. 189-191
- Jackdaw in Peacock's Feathers by Malvina Lindsay, pp. 192-200
- Harrigan and Hart - and Braham by Isaac Goldberg, pp. 201-210
- Is Compulsory Education Justified? by Knight Dunlap, pp. 211-214
- Ambrose Bierce by Carey McWilliams, pp. 215-222
- The Making of Modern Armies by Elbridge Colby, pp. 223-232
- Station B-U-N-K by H. Le B. Bercovici, pp. 233-240
- Two Sonnets by S. Bert Cooksley, p. 241
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 242-244
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 245-250
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Portrait of an Immortal by H.L. Mencken, pp. 251-252 - 1 Review- Meet General Grant by W.E. Woodward
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The Origin of Life, p. 253 - 1 Review- What Is Life? by Augusta Gaskell
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A Good Man Gone Wrong by H.L. Mencken, pp. 254-255 - 1 Review- Doomed Ship by Judd Gray
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-290
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Check List of New Books - 12 Reviews- Unpopular Essays in the Philosophy of History by Moorhouse I.X. Millar
- Emotion as the Basis of Civilization by John H. Denison
- The Way the World Is Going by H.G. Wells
- Living in the Twentieth Century by Harry Elmer Barnes
- Through English Eyes by John A. Spender
- The New Morality by Durant Drake
- Adam Smith, 1776-1926 by Jacob H. Hollander
- The Scientific World View by William Kay Wallace
- Whither Mankind? by Charles A. Beard
- The Balance of Births and Deaths by Robert R. Kuczynski
- Heading for War by William Hayden Edwards
- Forthright Opinions Within the Church by Charles Lewis Slattery
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History Desert Drums, by Leo Crane - 4 Reviews- Desert Drums by Leo Crane
- Evangelized America by Grover C. Loud
- A Short History of the World, 1918-1928 by Cecil Delisle Burns
- When Lovers Ruled Russia by Vladimir Poliakoff
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Text-Books Natural Conduct, by Edwin Bingham Copeland - 3 Reviews- Natural Conduct by Edwin Bingham Copeland
- Readings in Public Opinion by W. Brooke Graves
- Modern English in the Making by George H. McKnight and Bert Emsley
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Biography Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History, by Lytt... - 8 Reviews- Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History by Lytton Strachey
- Moussorgsky by Oskar von Riesemann
- The James Gordon Bennetts, Father and Son by Don C. Seitz
- Schubert, the Man by Oskar Bie
- Franz Schubert by Newman Flower
- The Colvins and Their Friends by E.V. Lucas
- The Life and Times of Colley Cibber by F. Dorothy Ponsonby Senior
- Sixteen Authors to One by David Karsner
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The Sciences The Political Economy of Juan de Mariana, by J... - 5 Reviews- The Political Economy of Juan de Mariana by John Laures
- Whence and How the Universe? by Jean Guibert
- The Psychology of the Adolescent by Leta S. Hollingsworth
- Contributions to Analytical Psychology by C.G. Jung
- The Foundations of Social Life by Henry Pratt Fairchild
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Anthologies Great Short Biographies of the World, by Barre... - 2 Reviews- Great Short Biographies of the World by Barrett H. Clark
- Not at Night! by Herbert Asbury
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Miscellaneous Walt Whitman's Workshop, by Clifton Joseph Fur... - 2 Reviews- Walt Whitman's Workshop by Clifton Joseph Furness and Walt Whitman
- A Treasury of English Aphorisms by Logan Pearsall Smith
- Editorial Notes
- Foreign Securities by Rudolph L. Weissman
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March 1929 Issue = 36 Articles- The Nervous American by Harvey O'Higgins, pp. 257-263
- Americanization in Samoa by Margaret Mead, pp. 264-270
- More Money for Less Education by H.E. Buchholz, pp. 271-278
- Editorial, pp. 279-281
- Across the Color Line by M.S. Lea, pp. 282-286
- The Twilight of the A. F. of L. by Earl W. Shimmons, pp. 287-295
- Buckets of Blood by Owen P. White, pp. 296-303
- A Lubber Looks at the Sea by Samuel Hoffenstein, pp. 304-308
- Americana, pp. 309-313
- Back to the Land-Oregon, 1907 by H.L. Davis, pp. 314-323
- Blood Transfusion by Harold E. Hullsiek, pp. 324-326
- Turning City Blocks Inside Out by Jacob L. Crane, Jr., pp. 327-328
- The Sports Section by William Henry Nugent, pp. 329-338
- Kansas in Labor by Charles B. Driscoll, pp. 339-346
- Fool by John Huston, pp. 347-351
- Bible Engineers by Arturo F. Ratti, pp. 352-360
- A Literary Swell by Granville Hicks, pp. 361-369
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 370-372
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 373-378
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A City in Moronia by H.L. Mencken, pp. 379-380 - 1 Review- Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd
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The Early Lincoln by H.L. Mencken, p. 381 - 1 Review- Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 by Albert J. Beveridge
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An American Saga by H.L. Mencken, pp. 382-383 - 1 Review- Skyscrapers and the Men Who Build Them by W.A. Starrett
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-418
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Check List of New Books - 3 Reviews- A Pamphlet Against Anthologies by Laura Riding and Robert Graves
- Form and Style in Poetry by W.P. Ker
- How to Criticize Books by Llewellyn Jones
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Sociology The Truth About Birth Control, by George Ryley... - 3 Reviews- The Truth About Birth Control by George Ryley Scott
- Careers for Women by Doris E. Fleischman
- Living with the Law by June Purcell Guild
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Biography The Terrible Siren: Victoria Woodhull, 1838-19... - 6 Reviews- The Terrible Siren: Victoria Woodhull, 1838-1927 by Emanie N. Sachs
- The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891 by Florence Emily Hardy
- Montaigne, Grave and Gay by Andre Lamande
- Samuel Pepys by Arthur Ponsonby
- Adepts In Self-Portraiture by Stefan Zweig
- Forgotten Ladies by Richardson L. Wright
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History The Making of the Constitution, by Charles Warren - 5 Reviews- The Making of the Constitution by Charles Warren
- The Not-Quite Puritans by Henry W. Lawrence
- College Life in the Old South by E. Merton Coulter
- The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti by Marion D. Frankfurter, Gardner D. Jackson, and Nicola Sacco, ...
- The March of the Mormon Battalion, from Council Bluffs to California by Frank Alfred Golder
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Anthologies Short Stories from Vanity Fair, 1926-1927, by ... - 3 Reviews- Short Stories from Vanity Fair, 1926-1927 by Frank Crowninshield
- A Book of Modern Short Stories by Dorothy Brewster
- An Anthology of Recent Philosophy by Daniel Sommer Robinson
- Editorial Notes
- Business and Stock Market Forecasting by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Check List of New Books - 2 Reviews- Red Mexico by Francis McCullagh
- Congressional Investigations by Ernest J. Eberling
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The Fine Arts The Period Furniture Book, by G. Glen Gould - 6 Reviews- The Period Furniture Book by G. Glen Gould
- The World, the Arts and the Artist by Irwin Edman
- The Judgment of Literature by Henry W. Wells
- The Mirror of the Passing World by M. Cecil Allen
- With Eyes of the Past by Henry A. Ladd
- Scientific Method in Aesthetics by Thomas Munro
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Text-Books Readings from British Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll - 2 Reviews- Readings from British Drama by Allardyce Nicoll
- Contemporary British Literature by John M. Manly and Edith Rickert
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The Sciences The Inferiority Feeling, by William S. Walsh - 3 Reviews- The Inferiority Feeling by William S. Walsh
- Lectures on Conditioned Reflexes by Ivan P. Pavlov
- Leibniz by Herbert Wildon Carr
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Poetry West-Running Brook, by Robert Frost - 3 Reviews- West-Running Brook by Robert Frost
- Cawdor, and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers
- Nursery Rhymes for Children of Darkness by Gladys Oaks
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Fiction The Enchanting Danger, by Vera Wheatley - 4 Reviews- The Enchanting Danger by Vera Wheatley
- The Whisper of a Name by Marie Le Franc
- Storming Heaven by Ralph Fox
- Uncle Tom Pudd by Laurence Housman
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April 1929 Issue = 39 Articles- The Progressives of the Senate by A Washington Correspondent, pp. 385-393
- The Will of the People by James M. Cain, pp. 394-398
- Sapping Day by Jim Tully, pp. 399-404
- Mrs. Kemper by Ruth Suckow, pp. 405-409
- Editorial, pp. 410-412
- The Discipline of Sex by Edward Sapir, pp. 413-420
- Learning How to be Black by Albon L. Holsey, pp. 421-430
- Renaissance in Hollywood by R.E. Sherwood, pp. 431-437
- Trial by Jury, or by Judge? by Sterling E. Edmunds, pp. 438-444
- Horse-Car Days by Raymond S. Tompkins, pp. 445-452
- Modernism for Sale by Lewis Mumford, pp. 453-454
- Literary Currents in Cuba by Isaac Goldberg, pp. 455-458
- Walt Whitman's Politics by Clifton Joseph Furness, pp. 459-466
- An American Wrestles with God by Benjamin DeCasseres, pp. 467-473
- Old Tuck by Merritt Wimberly, pp. 474-477
- Nocturne at Noon - -1605 by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, pp. 478-479
- The Land of Laughs by Louis Adamic, pp. 480-487
- Public School Mamas by Margaret Cobb, pp. 488-496
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 497-499
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 500-505
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Escape and Return by H.L. Mencken, pp. 506-507 - 1 Review- Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
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The Story of a Saint by H.L. Mencken, p. 508 - 1 Review- The White Robe by James Branch Cabell
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The Riddle of the Universe by H.L. Mencken, pp. 509-510 - 2 Reviews- The Nature of the Physical World by Sir Arthur S. Eddington
- Man a Machine by Joseph Needham
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XVI, pp. 512-554
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Check List of New Books - 6 Reviews- Prohibition, Legal and Illegal by Howard Lee McBain
- Freedom in the Modern World by Horace M. Kallen
- The American Experiment by Bernard Fay and Avery Claflin
- The Re-Discovery of America by Waldo D. Frank
- Politics and Criminal Prosecution by Raymond Moley
- You Can't Print That! by George Seldes
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Biography Lonely Americans, by Rollo Walter Brown - 5 Reviews- Lonely Americans by Rollo Walter Brown
- Arturo Toscanini by Tobia Nicotra
- The Brownings by David Loth
- The Turkish Ordeal by Halide Edib
- Five Men of Frankfort by Marcus Eli Ravage
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Criticism English Prose Style, by Herbert Read - 3 Reviews- English Prose Style by Herbert Read
- Lyrical Poetry of the Nineteenth Century by Herbert J.C. Grierson
- Spokesmen: Modern Writers and American Life by Thomas K. Whipple
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History The Third Republic, by Raymond Recouly - 11 Reviews- The Third Republic by Raymond Recouly
- Falsehood in Wartime by Arthur Ponsonby
- Propaganda Technique in the World War by Harold D. Lasswell
- The Origins of the World War by Sidney Bradshaw Fay
- The Labor Movement in the United States, 1860-1895 by Norman J. Ware
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. VII by S.A. Cook, F.E. Adcock, and Martin Percival Charlesworth, ...
- John Wilkes Booth by Francis Wilson
- The History of British Civilization by Esme C. Wingfield-Stratford
- Chivalry by Edgar Prestage
- The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1827-1927 by Edward Hungerford
- Our Revolutionary Forefathers by Francois de Barbe-Marbois
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The Sciences An Introduction to the History of Medicine, by... - 6 Reviews- An Introduction to the History of Medicine by Fielding H. Garrison
- Your Teeth by Charles I. Stoloff
- Blue Blood in Animals, and Other Essays in Biology by H. Munro Fox
- The Physical Basis of Society by Carl Kelsey
- At Home Among the Atoms by James Kendall
- The Rain-Makers by Mary Roberts Coolidge
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Anthologies A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry, ... - 6 Reviews- A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry by Conrad Aiken
- Canadian Short Stories by Raymond Knister
- Lute and Scimitar by Achmed Abdullah
- The Funny Bone by Cynthia Asquith
- An Anthology of World Poetry by Mark Van Doren
- American Ghost Stories by C. Armitage Harper
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The Fine Arts Gari Melchers, - 2 Reviews- Gari Melchers
- Hawaii by Ambrose Patterson
- Editorial Notes
- Book Value by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Check List of New Books - 2 Reviews- The Need of a New Bible and a Creedless Church by Samuel H. Guggenheimer
- The Great Galilean by Robert Keable
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Sociology The Challenge of the Aged, by Abraham Epstein - 2 Reviews- The Challenge of the Aged by Abraham Epstein
- Educational Sociology for Beginners by David S. Snedden
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Poetry The Set-Up, by Joseph Moncure March - 3 Reviews- The Set-Up by Joseph Moncure March
- Morning Moods, and Other Poems by Lorna Greene
- All About Me by John Drinkwater
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Fiction Point Counter Point, by Aldous Huxley - 2 Reviews- Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley
- My First Two Thousand Years by George Sylvester Viereck and Paul Eldridge
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Miscellaneous The Only Two Ways to Write a Short Story, by J... - 2 Reviews- The Only Two Ways to Write a Short Story by John Gallishaw
- A Fatalist at War by Rudolf G. Binding
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May 1929 Issue = 33 Articles- Cotton Mill by Paul Peters, pp. 1-9
- The New Innocents Abroad by Ruth Epperson Kennell, pp. 10-18
- His Rev'Rince - Rest His Soul! by Frank Ward O'Malley, pp. 19-25
- Mooney by Traverse Clements, pp. 26-33
- The Etiquette of Slavery by Sara Haardt, pp. 34-42
- Americana, pp. 43-47
- Emotion in the Court-Room by Eleanor Rowland Wembridge, pp. 48-53
- Meat by Logan Clendening, pp. 54-60
- Pegasus in High-School by Louis Untermeyer, pp. 61-63
- The New Book of Common Prayer by Nelson Antrim Crawford, pp. 64-66
- The Prevention of Goiter by Edith L. Weart, pp. 67-69
- The County Boss by Hamilton Owens, pp. 70-74
- Cock Fighting Today by William Henry Nugent, pp. 75-82
- Why Men Work for Newspapers by Gerald W. Johnson, pp. 83-88
- The Gallant Dominicans by Juan Gomez, pp. 89-95
- Panorama: Phoenix, Arizona by Goldie Weisberg, pp. 96-103
- Mandrake by Nina Purdy, pp. 104-113
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 114-116
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 117-122
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The Gods and Their Agents by H.L. Mencken, pp. 123-124 - 6 Reviews- Slaves of the Gods by Katherine Mayo
- The Story of Superstition by Philip F. Waterman
- Protestantism in the United States by Archer B. Bass
- While Peter Sleeps by E. Boyd Barrett
- The Vampire by Montague Summers
- Witchcraft in Old and New England by George Lyman Kittredge
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The Holy Estate by H.L. Mencken, pp. 125-127 - 2 Reviews- Marriage and the State by Mary E. Richmond
- What is Wrong With Marriage? by G.V. Hamilton and Kenneth Macgowan
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
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Check List of New Books - 6 Reviews- Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria: A Biography by Josef Redlich
- Greek Thought, and the Origins of the Scientific Spirit by Leon Robin
- The Quacks of Old London by C.J.S. Thompson
- The Court of Appeals of Maryland by Carroll T. Bond
- The Aftermath, 1918-1928 by Winston S. Churchill
- The Letters of the Tsar to the Tsaritsa, 1914-1917 by C.E. Vulliamy and Tsar Nicholas II
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Public Questions The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults, by... - 5 Reviews- The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults by William S. Gray and Ruth Munroe
- The Curious Lottery, and Other Tales of Russian Justice by Walter Duranty
- The New Industrial Revolution by Walter Meakin
- The Treason of the Intellectuals by Julien Benda
- The New Exploration by Benton MacKaye
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The Sciences The Social World of the Ants, by Auguste Forel - 6 Reviews- The Social World of the Ants by Auguste Forel
- From Magic to Science by Charles Singer
- What Is the Mind? by George T.W. Patrick
- Feelings and Emotions by Martin L. Reymert
- Queer Fish by C.M. Yonge
- Peaks of Invention by Joseph Leeming
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Biography Stealing Through Life, by Ernest Booth - 9 Reviews- Stealing Through Life by Ernest Booth
- Andrew Jackson: The Gentle Savage by David Karsner
- Bill Haywood's Book by William D. Haywood
- Charles Baudelaire: Flower of Evil by Francois Porche
- Pere Marquette: Priest, Pioneer, and Adventurer by Agnes Repplier
- The Letters of Katherine Mansfield by J. Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield
- Bitter Bierce by C. Hartley Grattan
- Portrait of Ambrose Bierce by Adolphe D. de Castro
- As God Made Them by Gamaliel Bradford
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Sociology Domestic Discord, by Ernest R. Mowrer - 2 Reviews- Domestic Discord by Ernest R. Mowrer
- Sex in Civilization by V.F. Calverton and Samuel D. Schmalhausen
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The Fine Arts The Dilemma of American Music, and Other Essay... - 2 Reviews- The Dilemma of American Music, and Other Essays by Daniel Gregory Mason
- Phonophotography in Folk Music by Milton F. Metfessel
- Editorial Notes
- The Industrial Debenture With Stock Participation Privileges by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Check List of New Books - 3 Reviews- Further Poems of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, ...
- Bitter Sweet by Rebecca McCann
- A Son of Earth by William Ellery Leonard
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Fiction In Those Days, by Harvey Fergusson - 8 Reviews- In Those Days by Harvey Fergusson
- The White Girl by Vera Caspary
- The Snake Pit by Sigrid Undset
- Mamba's Daughters by DuBose Heyward
- Joseph and His Brethren by H.W. Freeman
- The Closed Garden by Julian Green
- France Is Full of Frenchmen by Lewis Galantiere
- The Professor's Wife by Bravig Imbs
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Miscellaneous You---and the Doctor, by John B. Hawes II - 2 Reviews- You---and the Doctor by John B. Hawes II
- The Soviet Union
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June 1929 Issue = 37 Articles- Murder in the Making by Lawrance M. Maynard, pp. 129-135
- The Taking of Montfaucon by James M. Cain, pp. 136-143
- Kindly Omit Flowers by James Branch Cabell, pp. 144-149
- Editorial, pp. 150-152
- The Elephant and the Donkey by Howard Lee McBain, pp. 153-159
- Food and Drink by Louis Untermeyer, pp. 160-162
- Americana, pp. 163-168
- The Borax House by Louise Conant, pp. 169-174
- The Umpire of Fairness by James Oneal, pp. 175-182
- Chase of North Carolina by Gerald W. Johnson, pp. 183-190
- Neurological Surgery by Loyal Davis, pp. 191-193
- Measuring the American Mind by Grace Adams, pp. 194-197
- The Law of the Air by Dudley Cammett Lunt, pp. 198-201
- The Easeful Executive by Charles J. Finger, pp. 202-208
- The Parliament of Labor by H.J. Greenwool, pp. 209-215
- Breeding a Race of Gods by Arturo F. Ratti, pp. 216-222
- Better Folks by Charles Morrow Wilson, pp. 223-227
- Brave Days in Washoe by Bernard DeVoto, pp. 228-237
- The Padrone by F. Gregory Hartswick, pp. 238-241
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 242-245
- The American Mercury, pp. 246-250
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What Is It All About? by H.L. Mencken, pp. 251-252 - 3 Reviews- The Modern Temper by Joseph Wood Krutch
- Science and Good Behavior by H.M. Parshley
- The Aims of Education, and Other Essays by Alfred North Whitehead
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Experiments by Old Hands by H.L. Mencken, pp. 253-254 - 2 Reviews- Swords and Roses by Joseph Hergesheimer
- Hello Towns! by Sherwood Anderson
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American Worthies by H.L. Mencken, p. 255 - 3 Reviews- Randolph of Roanoke: A Political Fantastic by Gerald W. Johnson
- Bryan by M.R. Werner
- Plain People by E.W. Howe
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-282
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Check List of New Books - 8 Reviews- Herman Melville by Lewis Mumford
- John Jacob Astor by Arthur D. Howden Smith
- John Mitchell, Miner by Elsie Gluck
- Robert A. Woods, Champion of Democracy by Eleanor H. Woods
- The Magnificent Montmorency by Cyril Hughes Hartmann
- James Ford Rhodes: American Historian by M.A. DeWolfe Howe
- Royal Elizabeths by Elsie P. Thornton-Cook
- Mary, Queen of Scots by Margarete Kurlbaum-Siebert
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Public Questions The New Day, by Herbert Hoover - 4 Reviews- The New Day by Herbert Hoover
- The Economics of Farm Relief by Edwin R.A. Seligman
- A Social Interpretation of Education by Joseph Kinmont Hart
- Civic Training in Soviet Russia by Samuel Northrup Harper
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The Law The Milligan Case, by Samuel Klaus and Lambdin... - 2 Reviews- The Milligan Case by Samuel Klaus and Lambdin P. Milligan
- Curious Trials and Criminal Cases by Edward Hale Bierstadt
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History The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, by Alfred... - 4 Reviews- The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm by Alfred von Niezychowski
- Mediaeval Culture by Karl Vossler
- The English Novel by Ford Madox Ford
- An Hour of American History by Samuel Eliot Morison
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Literature Contemporary Movements in European Literature,... - 3 Reviews- Contemporary Movements in European Literature by William Rose and Jacob Isaacs
- The Heart of Hawthorne's Journals by Newton Arvin and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- French Novelists by Frederick Charles Green
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Travel Embassy to Tamerlane, 1403-1406, by Ruy Gonzal... - 3 Reviews- Embassy to Tamerlane, 1403-1406 by Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo and Guy Le Strange
- Home of Nymphs and Vampires by George Horton
- I Discover Greece by Harry A. Franck
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Criticism Swinburne, by Samuel C. Chew - 2 Reviews- Swinburne by Samuel C. Chew
- The Good Estate of Poetry by Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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Reprints The Essays of Michael, Lord of Montaigne, by D... - 1 Review- The Essays of Michael, Lord of Montaigne by Desmond MacCarthy and Michel de Montaigne
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Religion The Scandal of Christianity, by Peter Ainslie - 2 Reviews- The Scandal of Christianity by Peter Ainslie
- Gods and Men by W.J. Perry
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Fiction The Peep Show, by Mrs. Henry Dudeney - 3 Reviews- The Peep Show by Mrs. Henry Dudeney
- The Pathway by Henry Williamson
- The Coming of the Lord by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- Editorial Notes
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July 1929 Issue = 38 Articles- A White Man in the South by G. Peyton Wertenbaker, pp. 257-262
- The Law Takes Its Toll by Robert Blake, pp. 263-270
- The Art of Drink on the Border by Owen P. White, pp. 271-277
- Grover the Magnificent by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 278-286
- Editorial, pp. 287-289
- Goliath and His Davids by Raymond S. Tompkins, pp. 290-297
- Americana, pp. 298-302
- The Phrygian Cap by Idwal Jones, pp. 303-309
- Jehovah of the Tar Heels by W.J. Cash, pp. 310-318
- The Graveyard That Moved by Jim Tully, pp. 319-325
- Diet and the Duration of Life by James A. Tobey, pp. 326-328
- The Loss of Flight in Insects by H.M. Parshley, pp. 329-331
- Portia in Wonderland by A Washington Correspondent, pp. 332-338
- Ingalls of Kansas by Benjamin De Casseres, pp. 339-345
- The Kindergarten Soars by Grace Adams and Edward Hutter, pp. 346-353
- A Boston Boyhood by Isaac Goldberg, pp. 354-361
- Citadel of Christian Culture by W.P. Norwin, pp. 362-369
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 370-373
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 374-378
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Man and the Universe by H.L. Mencken, p. 379 - 2 Reviews- A Preface to Morals by Walter Lippmann
- Mid-Channel: An American Chronicle by Ludwig Lewisohn
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The Making of a God by H.L. Mencken, pp. 380-381 - 1 Review- Myths After Lincoln by Lloyd Lewis
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Sport in the Bible Country by H.L. Mencken, pp. 382-383 - 1 Review- Rope and Faggot by Walter Francis White
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-402
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Check List of New Books - 4 Reviews- Instinct and Intelligence by R.W.G. Hingston
- The Case of Miss R by Alfred Adler
- Pastures of Wonder by Cassius Jackson Keyser
- Old Civilizations of the New World by A. Hyatt Verrill
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Biography Karl Marx: His Life and Work, by Otto Ruhle - 6 Reviews- Karl Marx: His Life and Work by Otto Ruhle
- Thomas Sergeant Perry by John T. Morse, Jr.
- Samuel Richardson by Brian W. Downs
- The Intimate Journal of George Sand by Marie Jenney Howe and George Sand
- Presidents I've Known and Two Near Presidents by Charles Willis Thompson
- Attila: The Scourge of God by Marcel Brion
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Translations All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais, by ... - 2 Reviews- All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais by Samuel Putnam and Francois Rabelais
- Afrika Singt by Anna Nussbaum
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Travel Ice-Bound, by James M. Ashton - 6 Reviews- Ice-Bound by James M. Ashton
- The Spanish Pageant by Arthur Stanley Riggs
- Labrador Looks at the Orient by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- Nights Abroad by Konrad Bercovici
- India by Martin Hurlimann
- The Cruise of the Northern Light by Mrs. John Borden
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Essays Tuesdays at Ten, by Cornelius Weygandt - 2 Reviews- Tuesdays at Ten by Cornelius Weygandt
- Consecratio Medici, and Other Papers by Harvey Cushing
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The Fine Arts The Evolution of Art, by Ruth de Rochemont - 2 Reviews- The Evolution of Art by Ruth de Rochemont
- Before Manet to Modigliani by Chester Dale
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Reprints Round-Up, by Ring W. Lardner - 4 Reviews- Round-Up by Ring W. Lardner
- Characters and Events by John Dewey and Joseph Ratner
- A Bookman's Daybook by Burton Rascoe and C. Hartley Grattan
- Impressions of Soviet Russia by John Dewey
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Poetry Bands and Rebels, by Keene Wallis - 9 Reviews- Bands and Rebels by Keene Wallis
- Compass Rose by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
- Nearer the Bone by Charles A. Wagner
- Angel Arms by Kenneth Fearing
- Poems and the Spring of Joy by Mary G.M. Webb
- Strange Truth by Elspeth M. O'Halloran
- Winds from the Moon by Sonia Ruthele Novak
- Collected Poems by Richard Aldington
- Sonnets, 1889-1927 by Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Public Questions The Washington Conference and After, by Yamato... - 5 Reviews- The Washington Conference and After by Yamato Ichihashi
- The Russians: The Land, the People, and Why They Fight by Albert Rhys Williams
- Conquest: America's Painless Imperialism by John F. Carter
- American Diplomacy in the Modern World by Arthur Bullard
- The Bankers in Bolivia by Margaret Alexander Marsh
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History Hood's Tennessee Campaign, by Thomas Robson Hay - 3 Reviews- Hood's Tennessee Campaign by Thomas Robson Hay
- Life and Labor in the Old South by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
- Famous American Duels by Don C. Seitz
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Text-Books Essays in Liberal Thought, by William H. Thoma... - 4 Reviews- Essays in Liberal Thought by William H. Thomas and Stewart S. Morgan
- American Literature by Ernest Erwin Leisy
- The Book of English Law by Edward Jenks
- Introduction to Agricultural Economics by Fred R. Yoder
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Fiction Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin - 3 Reviews- Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa by Arnold Zweig
- Bambi by Felix Salten
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Miscellaneous On the Bottom, by Edward Ellsberg - 3 Reviews- On the Bottom by Edward Ellsberg
- Keats's Shakespeare by Caroline F.E. Spurgeon
- The Art of Thinking by Ernest Dimnet
- Privileged Subscriptions by Rudolph L. Weissman
- Editorial Notes
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August 1929 Issue = 39 Articles- Black Ulysses Goes to War by Howard W. Odum, pp. 385-400
- Heap Big Chief by A Washington Correspondent, pp. 401-411
- A Moral Crisis in Banking by John Carter, pp. 412-416
- Editorial, pp. 417-419
- We Elect a Bishop by Nelson Antrim Crawford, pp. 420-429
- Duke by Ben Dixon MacNeill, pp. 430-438
- Americana, pp. 439-443
- Testimonials-Mainly medical by Arthur J. Cramp, pp. 444-451
- Flogging the Ether by Genevieve Cain, pp. 452-455
- Skin-Grafting by Harold E. Hullsiek, pp. 456-458
- The Conflict of Divorce Laws by Anthony M. Turano, pp. 459-462
- Time off by John B. Hawes, 2nd, pp. 463-468
- Keeping the Negro in His Place by George S. Schuyler, pp. 469-476
- Salvation at the Brink by Dean Clute, pp. 477-482
- The Big Brother of the West by Alfred E. Prowitt, pp. 483-489
- Walt Whitman in England by Harold Blodgett, pp. 490-496
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 497-499
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 500-505
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The Modern Gomorrah by H.L. Mencken, pp. 506-507 - 1 Review- Chicago by Charles E. Merriam
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The Slave of Love by H.L. Mencken, p. 508 - 1 Review- Henry the Eighth by Francis Hackett
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The Pastors and Their Dogmas by H.L. Mencken, p. 509 - 1 Review- The Beliefs of 700 Ministers by George Herbert Betts
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Im Westen Nichts Neues by H.L. Mencken, p. 510 - 1 Review- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XVII, pp. 512-530
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Check List of New Books - 2 Reviews- The Whirligig of Taste by E.E. Kellett
- The Cycle of Modern Poetry by G.R. Elliott
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Public Questions A Handbook on Hanging, by Charles Duff - 3 Reviews- A Handbook on Hanging by Charles Duff
- Labor and Silk by Grace Hutchins
- Labor and Automobiles by Robert W. Dunn
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Philosophy Creative Understanding, by Hermann Keyserling - 3 Reviews- Creative Understanding by Hermann Keyserling
- The Recovery of Truth by Hermann Keyserling
- Spinoza by Leon Roth
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The Sciences Progressive Taxation, by Edmund Jacobson - 7 Reviews- Progressive Taxation by Edmund Jacobson
- The History of Biology by Erik Nordenskiold
- Field Book of Marine Fishes of the Atlantic Coast from Labrador to Texas by Charles M. Breder, Jr.
- Social Psychology by Carl Murchison
- Who's Who Among the Microbes by William H. Park and Anna W. Williams
- Old Age: The Major Involution by Aldred Scott Warthin
- Our Face from Fish to Man by William K. Gregory
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Biography The Hohenzollerns, by Herbert Eulenberg - 9 Reviews- The Hohenzollerns by Herbert Eulenberg
- Leaders of the French Revolution by James M. Thompson
- Charlotte Corday and Certain Men of the Revolutionary Torment by Marie Cher
- Stresemann: The Man and the Statesman by Baron Rochus A.K. von Rheinbaben
- Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier by Allen Tate
- My Life East and West by William S. Hart
- Leopold of the Belgians by Comte Louis de Lichtervelde
- The Diary of Dostoyevsky's Wife by Rene Fulop-Miller, Friedrich Eckstein, and Madame Dostoyevsky, ...
- The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to William Temple by G.C. Moore Smith and Dorothy Osborne
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Travel Flight of the Southern Cross, by C.E. Kingsfor... - 3 Reviews- Flight of the Southern Cross by C.E. Kingsford-Smith and C.T.P. Ulm
- Discoveries and Adventures in Central America by Thomas Gann
- The Last Home of Mystery by E. Alexander Powell
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History A History of Russia, by George Vernadsky - 2 Reviews- A History of Russia by George Vernadsky
- The New Map of South America by Herbert Adams Gibbons
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Translations The Captain's Daughter, and Other Stories, by ... - 2 Reviews- The Captain's Daughter, and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin
- The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann by Gerhart Hauptmann
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Sociology Public Poor Relief in North Carolina, by Roy M... - 3 Reviews- Public Poor Relief in North Carolina by Roy M. Brown
- Welfare Work in Mill Villages by Harriet L. Herring
- Christian and Jew by Isaac Landman
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Religion Ancient Pagan Symbols, by Elizabeth Edwards Go... - 2 Reviews- Ancient Pagan Symbols by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith
- Saint Paul by Emile Baumann
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Reprints The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845, by ... - 3 Reviews- The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845 by Allan Nevins and John Quincy Adams
- America and Europe, and Other Essays by Alfred E. Zimmern
- Solon and Croesus, and Other Greek Essays by Alfred E. Zimmern
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Fiction The Buffer, by Alice Hegan Rice - 12 Reviews- The Buffer by Alice Hegan Rice
- Outsiders by Josephine Bentham
- Wings of Wax by Janet Hoyt
- Homer in the Sage-Brush by James Stevens
- Victory by Ricarda O. Huch
- Humdrum House by Jeannette Gibbs
- The Woman Who Rode Away, and Other Stories by D.H. Lawrence
- Old Adam's Likeness by Lucy Poate Stebbins
- Hilltop in the Rain by James Saxon Childers
- A Good Marriage by Mary Brearley
- Schoolgirl by Carman Barnes
- Black Magic by Paul Morand
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Miscellaneous The "Pow-Wow" Book, by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. - 5 Reviews- The "Pow-Wow" Book by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
- Hamburg und das Hamberger Fremdenblatt by Alfred Herrmann
- Ambrose Bierce: A Bibliography by Vincent Starrett
- Creative Writing by William Webster Ellsworth
- Adam, The Baby, and the Man from Mars by Irwin Edman
- The Investment Trust Again by Rudolph L. Weissman
- Editorial Notes
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September 1929 Issue = 37 Articles- One American's Story by M.L. Batey, pp. 1-7
- The Brown Stallion by H.L. Davis, pp. 8-16
- Episode in an Artist's Life by Leonard Hall, pp. 17-21
- Editorial, pp. 22-24
- American Sons of Th' Ould Sod by Frank Ward O'Malley, pp. 25-33
- Statistics and Intelligence by Louis Le Fevre, pp. 34-41
- Americana, pp. 42-46
- Black Ulysses in Camp by Howard W. Odum, pp. 47-59
- Lay Popes by Herbert Parrish, pp. 60-66
- Eskimo Music by Douglas Leechman, pp. 67-69
- The "Favorable" Balance of Trade by H. Gordon Hayes, pp. 70-73
- The Case of Comrade Karachun by Charles Recht and Adolph E. Meyer, pp. 74-78
- Billboard Preacher by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 79-87
- A Negro Looks at Politics by James Weldon Johnson, pp. 88-94
- East Side Memories by Michael Gold, pp. 95-101
- The Rich Man in American History by Hoffman Nickerson, pp. 102-113
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 114-116
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 117-122
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The New Humanism by H.L. Mencken, p. 123 - 1 Review- For Lancelot Andrewes by T.S. Eliot
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The Ambrose Bierce Mystery by H.L. Mencken, pp. 124-125 - 1 Review- Life of Ambrose Bierce by Walter Neale
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The Fruits of Emancipation by H.L. Mencken, pp. 126-127 - 4 Reviews- Understanding Women by K.A. Wieth-Knudsen
- Women and Society by Meyrick Booth
- The Intelligent Man's Guide to Marriage and Celibacy by Juanita Tanner
- Why We Are Men and Women by A.L. Benedict
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-154
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Check List of New Books - 4 Reviews- The Mind of the Savage by Raoul Allier
- The Genesis of the Social Gospel by Chester Charlton McCown
- If I Could Preach Just Once
- The Story of Religion, as Told in the Lives of Its Leaders by Charles Francis Potter
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History The Way of the Greeks, by F.R. Earp - 6 Reviews- The Way of the Greeks by F.R. Earp
- A History of the Medical Department of the United States Army by P.M. Ashburn
- Finland: The Republic Farthest North by Eugene Van Cleef
- A Child's Story of Civilization by Stephen King-Hall
- Versailles by Karl Friedrich Nowak
- The Mexican Agrarian Revolution by Frank Tannenbaum
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Text-Books Learning to Write, by Merle M. Hoover and Henr... - 4 Reviews- Learning to Write by Merle M. Hoover and Henry Fisk Carlton
- A Guide to Bernard Shaw by Edward Wagenknecht
- The Middle Ages by Edward Maslin Hulme
- The Craft of Poetry by Clement Wood
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Public Questions Belgian Problems Since the War, by Louis Pierard - 2 Reviews- Belgian Problems Since the War by Louis Pierard
- Rattling the Cup on Chicago Crime by Edward Dean Sullivan
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Biography William the First: His Life and Times, by Paul... - 8 Reviews- William the First: His Life and Times by Paul Wiegler
- Andrew Johnson: A Study in Courage by Lloyd Paul Stryker
- English Political Portraits of the Nineteenth Century by George R. Stirling Taylor
- Kings, Churchills and Statemen by Knut Hagberg
- John D.---A Portrait in Oils by John K. Winkler
- California Copy by George F. Weeks
- Memoirs of White Crow Indian by Thomas H. Leforge and Thomas B. Marquis
- Princesses, Ladies and Adventuresses of the Reign of Louis XIV by Therese Louis Latour
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Criticism Creative Imagination, by June E. Downey - 2 Reviews- Creative Imagination by June E. Downey
- Papers on Shelley, Wordsworth and Others by Joan A. Chapman
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The Sciences From the Physical to the Social Sciences, by J... - 8 Reviews- From the Physical to the Social Sciences by Jacques Rueff
- Medicine by Edward B. Vedder
- The Neuroses by Israel S. Wechsler
- Devils, Drugs and Doctors by Howard W. Haggard
- The Witchery of Wasps by Edward G. Reinhard
- The Struggle for Health by Richard H. Hoffmann
- Tree Crops by J. Russell Smith
- The Child's Conception of the World by Jean Piaget
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Sociology Man's Social Destiny: In the Light of Science,... - 2 Reviews- Man's Social Destiny: In the Light of Science by Charles A. Ellwood
- Wholesome Parenthood by Ernest R. Groves and Gladys H. Groves
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Travel The Story of Everest, by John B.L. Noel - 2 Reviews- The Story of Everest by John B.L. Noel
- When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba by Basil Woon
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Reference Books Nuggets of Knowledge, by George W. Stimpson - 2 Reviews- Nuggets of Knowledge by George W. Stimpson
- Dictionary to the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw by C. Lewis Broad and Viola M. Broad
- Editorial Notes
- Business Combinations by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Check List of New Books - 3 Reviews- Thomas Heywood by Otelia Cromwell
- Notes on "Jurgen" by James P. Cover
- Literary Ethics by H.M. Paull
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Fiction The Waters of Africa, by Alfred Aloysius Horn ... - 8 Reviews- The Waters of Africa by Alfred Aloysius Horn and Ethelreda Lewis
- Joan Kennedy by Henry Channon
- Sleeveless Errand by Norah C. James
- Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett
- Hunky by Thames Williamson
- Sand by Will James
- Six Moral Tales from Jules Laforgue by Frances Newman and Jules Laforgue
- The Passion of Yang Kwei-Fei by George Soulie de Morant
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Miscellaneous Your Family Tree, by David Starr Jordan and Sa... - 3 Reviews- Your Family Tree by David Starr Jordan and Sarah L. Kimball
- Let Tomorrow Come by A.J. Barr
- The Privacity Agent, and Other Modest Proposals by Bernard K. Sandwell
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October 1929 Issue = 38 Articles- Four Years of College by Samuel Lipshutz, pp. 129-135
- "With Honor" by Olive Brossow, pp. 136-142
- Botched Cities by Lewis Mumford, pp. 143-150
- Gentlewomen of the House by Duff Gilfond, pp. 151-160
- Editorial, pp. 161-163
- Deliverance by Arthur Hanko, pp. 164-170
- The King of Beer by Gerald Holland, pp. 171-178
- Americana, pp. 179-184
- The Mind of the South by W.J. Cash, pp. 185-192
- School Ventilation by Ernest W. Steel, pp. 193-195
- The Fine Arts vs. the Applied Arts by Warren E. Cox, pp. 196-198
- The Unitarians by Mortimer Smith, pp. 199-209
- American University Presses by Nelson Antrim Crawford, pp. 210-214
- Plumed Knight and Turkey-Gobbler by Benjamin DeCasseres, pp. 215-221
- The Talkies Come to Town by Maurice S. Sullivan, pp. 222-229
- Escape by Eleanor Rowland Wembridge, pp. 230-235
- Keep It Exclusive! by Mildred Gilman, pp. 236-241
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 242-244
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 245-250
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Two Southern Novels by H.L. Mencken, pp. 251-252 - 2 Reviews- They Stooped to Folly by Ellen Glasgow
- Cora Potts by Ward Greene
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Ghostly Matters by H.L. Mencken, p. 253 - 7 Reviews- The History of Modern Christianity in the Light of Modern Knowledge by Anonymous
- The Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adam
- Mysteries of the Soul by Richard Muller Freienfels
- Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic by Reinhold Niebuhr
- Labor Speaks for Itself by Jerome Davis
- Religion and the Modern World by John Herman Randall, Jr.
- Religion in an Age of Science by Edwin A. Burtt
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The Yankees of the East by H.L. Mencken, pp. 254-255 - 1 Review- Japan in Recent Times, 1912-1926 by A. Morgan Young
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-282
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Check List of New Books - 4 Reviews- A History of Italy, 1871-1915 by Benedetto Croce
- Victorian Working Women by Wanda Fraiken Neff
- Chicago: The History of Its Reputation by Henry Justin Smith and Lloyd Lewis
- The Byzantine Achievement by Robert Byron
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Essays A Conversation with an Angel, and Other Essays... - 3 Reviews- A Conversation with an Angel, and Other Essays by Hilaire Belloc
- The Profession of Poetry, and Other Lectures by Heathcote W. Garrod
- Man and His World by Baker Brownell
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Biography Daniel Webster as an Economist, by Robert Linc... - 10 Reviews- Daniel Webster as an Economist by Robert Lincoln Carey
- Pilloried! by Sewell Stokes
- Isadora Duncan's Russian Days and Her Last Years in France by Irma Duncan and Allan Ross Macdougall
- Mary Shelley by Richard Church
- John Cameron's Odyssey by Andrew Farrell and John Cameron
- Eilley Orrum: Queen of the Comstock by Swift Paine
- Daisy, Princess of Pless by Mary T.O. Cornwallis-West Pless
- Kings of Commerce by Thomas C. Bridges and H.H. Tiltman
- The Private Correspondence of Nicolo Machiavelli by Orestes Ferrara
- Childhood in Exile by Shmarya Levin
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Anthologies The Best European Short Stories of 1928, by Ri... - 3 Reviews- The Best European Short Stories of 1928 by Richard Eaton
- Golden Tales of Our America by May Lamberton Becker
- The Omnibus of Crime by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Travel Dancing Catalans, by John Langdon-Davies - 3 Reviews- Dancing Catalans by John Langdon-Davies
- Trails of the Hunted by James L. Clark
- Tracking Down the Enemies of Man by Arthur Torrance
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Religion The Dialogue on Miracles, by Caesarius of Heis... - 2 Reviews- The Dialogue on Miracles by Caesarius of Heisterback
- The Koran by E.H. Palmer
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Public Questions The Tariff on Iron and Steel, by Abraham Bergl... - 3 Reviews- The Tariff on Iron and Steel by Abraham Berglund and Philip G. Wright
- The Practice and Procedure of International Conferences by Frederick Sherwood Dunn
- The Soviet Union and Peace by Henri Barbusse
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The Sciences Gestalt Psychology, by Wolfgang Kohler - 2 Reviews- Gestalt Psychology by Wolfgang Kohler
- The Process of Human Behavior by Mandel Sherman and Irene Case Sherman
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Folk-Lore Black Roadways, by Martha Warren Beckwith - 2 Reviews- Black Roadways by Martha Warren Beckwith
- John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend by Guy Benton Johnson
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Philosophy The Greek Sceptics, by Mary Mills Patrick - 2 Reviews- The Greek Sceptics by Mary Mills Patrick
- The Art of Straight Thinking by Edwin Leavitt Clarke
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Sociology The Duk-Duks, by Elizabeth Anne Warner - 7 Reviews- The Duk-Duks by Elizabeth Anne Warner
- Uncle Sham by Khalid Latif Gauba
- The Saleslady by Frances R. Donovan
- Criminology by Horace Wyndham
- Marriage by Edward Westermarck
- The Man a Woman Marries by Victor Cox Pedersen
- The Challenge of Chronic Diseases by Ernst P. Boas and Nicholas Michelson
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Fiction The Unlit Lamp, by Radclyffe Hall - 3 Reviews- The Unlit Lamp by Radclyffe Hall
- The House of Joy by Jo van Ammers-Kuller
- The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers by Saki
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Miscellaneous Wings on My Feet, by Howard W. Odum - 17 Reviews- Wings on My Feet by Howard W. Odum
- Useful Knowledge by Gertrude Stein
- Collector's Choice by John T. Winterich
- The Technique of the Love Affair by Norrie Epstein
- Havelock Ellis: In Appreciation by Joseph Ishill
- Slings and Arrows by David Lloyd George and Philip Guedalla
- Authorship in the Days of Johnson by Arthur S. Collins
- The Profession of Letters by Arthur S. Collins
- You Can Escape by Edward H. Smith
- After Mother India by Harry H. Field
- The Rocking Chair by Walter A. Dyer and Esther Stevens Fraser
- Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes
- My Skirmish with Jolly Roger by D.H. Lawrence
- Sky Larking: The Romantic Adventure of Flying by Bruce Gould
- This Fiction Business by H. Bedford-Jones
- Pep by Lion Feuchtwanger
- The Unintentional Charm of Men by Frances Lester Warner
- Editorial Notes
- The Rediscount Rates by Rudolph L. Weissman
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November 1929 Issue = 38 Articles- Tales from Oklahoma by George Milburn, pp. 257-265
- The Progressive Holy Land by Bennington Orth, pp. 266-270
- Midas on a Goatskin by J. Frank Dobie, pp. 271-277
- Editorial, pp. 278-280
- Fear, Freedom, and Massachusetts by H.M. Kallen, pp. 281-292
- Jefferson: New Style by John Donald Wade, pp. 293-301
- Americana, pp. 302-307
- An East Side Mother by Michael Gold, pp. 308-313
- An American Leisure Class by Hoffman Nickerson, pp. 314-320
- The Last Stroke of a Master by Henry O. Swindler, pp. 321-330
- A Methodist Childhood by Malvina Lindsay, pp. 331-339
- The Custody of the Dog by Thyra Samter Winslow, pp. 340-348
- A Confederate Reunion by Ray Hall, pp. 349-358
- Publicists of the Ghostly Faculty by G. Edward Pendray, pp. 359-364
- A Prodigal Returns by Owen Francis, pp. 365-372
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 373-378
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The Career of a Divinity by H.L. Mencken, pp. 379-380 - 1 Review- Mrs. Eddy: The Biography of Virginal Mind by Edwin Franden Dakin
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Memorials of Dishonor by H.L. Mencken, p. 381 - 1 Review- The Tragic Era by Claude G. Bowers
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Poison Through the Mails by H.L. Mencken, pp. 382-383 - 1 Review- The Molineux Case by Samuel Klaus
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-410
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Check List of New Books - 13 Reviews- Under Five Sultans by Mary Mills Patrick
- The Life of an Ordinary Woman by Anne Ellis
- Twelve Royal Ladies by Sidney Dark
- Goethe by Jean-Marie Carre
- Coleridge: The Sublime Somnambulist by John Charpentier
- Rachel by James Agate
- Louis D. Brandeis: A Biographical Sketch by Jacob de Haas
- Marlborough: The Portrait of a Conqueror by Donald Barr Chidsey
- My People the Sioux by Chief Luther Standing Bear
- Washington Irving by Stanley Williams and Washington Irving
- Lorenzo the Magnificent by David G. Loth
- Daniel Webster by Allan L. Benson
- Hawthorne by Newton Arvin
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Criticism The Eighteen Seventies, by Harley Granville-Ba... - 4 Reviews- The Eighteen Seventies by Harley Granville-Barker
- Contemporary American Literature by John Matthews Manly and Edith Rickert
- An Hour of the American Novel by Grant Overton
- The Georgian Novel and Mr. Robinson by Storm Jameson
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Sociology What Is Right with Marriage, by Robert C. Bink... - 3 Reviews- What Is Right with Marriage by Robert C. Binkley and Frances Williams Binkley, ...
- Neighbors All by Esther G. Barrows
- Sterilization for Human Betterment by E.S. Gosney and Paul Bowman Popenoe
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History Seven Iron Men, by Paul de Kruif - 3 Reviews- Seven Iron Men by Paul de Kruif
- The Romance of the Rails by Agnes C. Laut
- Life and Work in Prehistoric Times by Georges F. Renard
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Poetry The Wall of Weeping, by Edmond Fleg - 2 Reviews- The Wall of Weeping by Edmond Fleg
- An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
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Text-Books A History of English Literature, by Emile H. L... - 4 Reviews- A History of English Literature by Emile H. Legouis and Louis Cazamian
- Raw Materials of Industrialism by Hugh B. Killough and Lucy W. Killough
- The Science of Psychology by Raymond Holder Wheeler
- Economic Resources and Industries of the World by Isaac Lippincott
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Public Questions America Challenged, by Lewis F. Carr - 4 Reviews- America Challenged by Lewis F. Carr
- Cooperative Marketing of Agricultural Products by Newell H. Comish
- Nationality: Its Nature and Problems by Bernard Joseph
- Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Harold E. Burtt
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Travel The Misadventures of a Tropical Medico, by Her... - 4 Reviews- The Misadventures of a Tropical Medico by Herbert Spencer Dickey and Hawthorne Daniel
- Then I Saw the Congo by Grace Flandrau
- White Africans and Black by Caroline Singer and Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge
- A Very Naked People by Albert Londres
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The Sciences Origin Through Evolution, by Nathan Fasten - 4 Reviews- Origin Through Evolution by Nathan Fasten
- The Story of the Weather by Eugene Van Cleef
- The Universe Around Us by James H. Jeans
- The Adolescent by Sidney I. Schwab and Borden S. Veeder
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Anthologies The Book of Sonnet Sequences, by Houston Peterson - 3 Reviews- The Book of Sonnet Sequences by Houston Peterson
- Some Spanish-American Poets by Alice Stone Blackwell
- Twentieth Century Love Poems by Caroline Miles Hill
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Religion Catholicism and Christianity, by Cecil John Ca... - 2 Reviews- Catholicism and Christianity by Cecil John Cadoux
- Unraveling the Book of Books by Ernest R. Trattner
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The Fine Arts Eric Gill, by Joseph Thorp - 2 Reviews- Eric Gill by Joseph Thorp
- Contemporary American Portrait Painters by Cuthbert Lee
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Reprint The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, 1641-... - 3 Reviews- The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, 1641-1691 by John D. Cushing
- Our Knowledge of the External World by Bertrand Russell
- The Sweet Singer of Michigan by Julia A. Moore
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Fiction Money for Love, by Josephine Herbst - 9 Reviews- Money for Love by Josephine Herbst
- See How They Run by Helen Grace Carlisle
- Lone Voyagers by Wanda Fraiken Neff
- Aimee Villard, Daughter of France by Charles Silvestre
- Apron Strings by May Freud Dickenson
- Transport by Isa Glenn
- The English Miss by R.H. Mottram
- Though This Be Madness by Robert Keable
- Crescendo by Henry Bellamann
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Miscellaneous Fourteen Fifty to Ninteen Fifty, by Robert Car... - 10 Reviews- Fourteen Fifty to Ninteen Fifty by Robert Carlton Brown
- Books and the Man by John T. Winterich
- The English King by Michael MacDonagh
- Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology by Norman Douglas
- Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge by S.J. Perelman
- The Noble Savage by Hoxie Neale Fairchild
- Carolina Folk Plays by Frederick H. Koch
- Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson
- Portraits and Reflections by Stuart Hodgson
- Luck: Your Silent Partner by Lothrop Stoddard
- Editorial Notes
- Bond Analysis by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Miscellaneous Animals Looking at You, by Paul Eipper - 5 Reviews- Animals Looking at You by Paul Eipper
- George Gissing: Selections, Autobiographical and Imaginative by A.C. Gissing and George Gissing
- Lady Godiva: the Future of Nakedness by John Langdon-Davies
- The Scots Kitchen by F. Marian McNeill
- The Filostrato of Giovanni Boccaccio by Nathaniel Edward Griffin and Arthur Beckwith Myrick, ...
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December 1929 Issue = 38 Articles- The Secretariat by A Washington Correspondent, pp. 385-395
- Experience by Ruth Suckow, pp. 396-402
- Citizenship by James M. Cain, pp. 403-408
- Editorial, pp. 409-411
- Saving Souls in Japan by Oland D. Russell, pp. 412-419
- Apostle of Manifest Destiny by Bernard Mayo, pp. 420-426
- Americana, pp. 427-432
- Five El Paso Worthies by Owen P. White, pp. 433-440
- Figaro Storms Athene by Maurice S. Sullivan, pp. 441-447
- More Tales from Oklahoma by George Milburn, pp. 448-455
- Language by Frances M. Frost, p. 456
- The Training of Soldiers by Arlington B. Conway, pp. 457-460
- The Secretary by H.L. Davis, pp. 461-463
- Cow-Town Widows by H.L. Davis, pp. 464-473
- He Hated Southern Gentlemen by Lloyd Lewis, pp. 474-481
- Whitman as His Own Press-Agent by Emory Holloway, pp. 482-488
- Sometimes We Are Fooled by Eleanor Rowland Wembridge, pp. 489-495
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 496-498
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 499-504
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Beethoveniana by H.L. Mencken, pp. 505-506 - 2 Reviews- Beethoven the Creator by Romain Rolland
- Beethoven: The Man Who Freed Music by Robert H. Schauffler
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Stuart P. Sherman by H.L. Mencken, pp. 507-508 - 1 Review- Life and Letters of Stuart P. Sherman by Jacob Zeitlin, Homer Woodbridge, and Stuart P. Sherman, ...
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Portrait of a Christian Woman by H.L. Mencken, p. 509 - 1 Review- Carry Nation by Herbert Asbury
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The Chinese As They Really Are by H.L. Mencken, p. 510 - 1 Review- Modern Chinese Civilization by A.-F. Legendre
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XVIII, pp. 512-542
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Check List of New Books - 4 Reviews- Adventurous America by Edwin Mims
- Coleridge on Logic and Learning by Alice D. Snyder
- The American Scholar by Norman Foerster
- Our Singing Strength by Alfred Kreymborg
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Religion Economic Causes of the Reformation in England,... - 2 Reviews- Economic Causes of the Reformation in England by Oscar Albert Marti
- The Vampire in Europe by Montague Summers
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History Some Forerunners of the Newspaper in England, ... - 6 Reviews- Some Forerunners of the Newspaper in England, 1476-1622 by Matthias A. Shaaber
- New York in the American Revolution by Wilbur C. Abbott and Victor H. Paltsits
- Virginia and the French and Indian War by Hayes Baker-Crothers
- The Restoration and the July Monarchy by Jean Lucas-Dubreton
- Early American Costume by Edward Warwick and Henry C. Pitz
- July '14 by Emil Ludwig
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Biography Foursquare, by John Rathbone Oliver - 14 Reviews- Foursquare by John Rathbone Oliver
- My Uncle, King George V by Clarence G. Gordon Haddon
- Audacious Audubon by Edward A. Muschamp
- The Letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford by Lawrence Dundas and Benjamin Disraeli
- A Curious Life by George Wehner
- Foch: My Conversations with the Marshal by Raymond Recouly
- Barrie: The Story of a Genius by John A. Hammerton
- Polk: The Diary of a President, 1845-1849 by Allan Nevins and James K. Polk
- Emerson: The Wisest American by Phillips Russell
- Carlyle to Threescore-and-Ten, 1853-1865 by David Alec Wilson
- A Great Rich Man by Louise Schutz Boas
- Ibsen: The Master Builder by A.E. Zucker
- The Mystery Man of Europe: Sir Basil Zaharoff by Richard Lewinsohn
- The Making of New Germany by Philipp Scheidemann
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The Sciences The Science of Living, by Alfred Adler - 3 Reviews- The Science of Living by Alfred Adler
- Petroleum and Coal: The Keys to the Future by W.T. Thom, Jr.
- Let's Be Normal! by Fritz Kunkel
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Essays The Fred Newton Scott Papers, - 2 Reviews- The Fred Newton Scott Papers
- In the Evening of My Thought by Georges Clemenceau
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Public Questions Humanity Uprooted, by Maurice Hindus - 3 Reviews- Humanity Uprooted by Maurice Hindus
- This Aviation Business by Ernest W. Dichman
- Small Towns by Walter Burr
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Anthologies So Say the Wise, by Hazel Cooley and Norman L.... - 2 Reviews- So Say the Wise by Hazel Cooley and Norman L. Corwin
- Grub Street Book of Verse, 1929 by Henry Harrison
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New Editions Men and Women, by Havelock Ellis - 2 Reviews- Men and Women by Havelock Ellis
- The Eagle's Shadow by James Branch Cabell
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Fiction The Golden Wind, by Takashi Ohta and Margaret ... - 17 Reviews- The Golden Wind by Takashi Ohta and Margaret Sperry
- Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel
- The Methodist Faun by Anne Parrish
- The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley
- Wide Fields by Paul Green
- On the Make by John Riordan
- The House of Gold by Liam O'Flaherty
- Sketch of a Sinner by Frank Swinnerton
- Relatives by Russell Neale
- The Man Within by Graham Greene
- Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
- Love Story by Thelma Woodhill
- Action, and Other Stories by Charles Edward Montague
- A Dinner of Herbs by Marjorie Bartholomew Paradis
- Schlump: The Story of a German Soldier by Soldier Schlump
- Zero Hour by George Grabenhorst
- Class of 1902 by Ernst Glaeser
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Miscellaneous The Male Approach, by Heinrich F. Wolf - 7 Reviews- The Male Approach by Heinrich F. Wolf
- The Mansions of Philosophy by Will Durant
- A Conrad Memorial Library by George T. Keating
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- Old Patchwork Quilts, and the Women Who Made Them by Ruth E. Finley
- The Golden Octopus by Francis J.C.W.P. Hastings
- A History of Modern Times by D.M. Ketelbey
- Editorial Notes
- "Earnings" Are In Season by Rudolph L. Weissman
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Issues of 1932 = 12 Issues, 324 Articles
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Issues of 1933 = 12 Issues, 342 Articles
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Issues of 1934 = 12 Issues, 363 Articles
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Issues of 1935 = 12 Issues, 365 Articles
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Issues of 1936 = 12 Issues, 382 Articles
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Issues of 1937 = 12 Issues, 296 Articles
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Issues of 1938 = 12 Issues, 312 Articles
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Issues of 1939 = 12 Issues, 346 Articles
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Issues of the 1940s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 3,183 Articles-
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Issues of 1940 = 12 Issues, 320 Articles
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Issues of 1941 = 12 Issues, 310 Articles
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Issues of 1942 = 12 Issues, 271 Articles
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Issues of 1943 = 12 Issues, 280 Articles
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Issues of 1944 = 12 Issues, 300 Articles
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Issues of 1945 = 12 Issues, 296 Articles
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Issues of 1946 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
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Issues of 1947 = 12 Issues, 376 Articles
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Issues of 1948 = 12 Issues, 366 Articles
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Issues of 1949 = 12 Issues, 346 Articles
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Issues of the 1950s = 10 Years, 117 Issues, 3,611 Articles-
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Issues of 1951 = 12 Issues, 208 Articles
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Issues of 1952 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
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Issues of 1953 = 11 Issues, 325 Articles
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Issues of 1954 = 12 Issues, 479 Articles
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Issues of 1955 = 12 Issues, 494 Articles
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Issues of 1956 = 10 Issues, 357 Articles
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Issues of 1957 = 12 Issues, 394 Articles
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Issues of 1958 = 12 Issues, 364 Articles
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Issues of 1959 = 12 Issues, 453 Articles
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