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January 1925 Issue = 18 Articles- Bernard Shaw Reviews His War Record by Archibald Henderson and Bernard Shaw, pp. 291-304
- Gideon's Revenge by Elinor Wylie, pp. 305-311
- A New College by Alexander Meiklejohn, pp. 312-320
- The Biography of a Mind by W.J. Dawson, pp. 321-330
- The Meaning of the Election by Nathaniel Peffer, pp. 331-338
- An Untitled Story by Donn Byrne, pp. 339-356
- Drawings of Venice by George Wharton Edwards, pp. 357-363
- History for Mother Goose by Susan Meriwether Boogher, pp. 364-373
- Russia's Challenge to Christianity by Maurice G. Hindus, pp. 374-383
- Oh, the Cobbs an' McFarlands are Fightin'! by Ben Lucien Burman, pp. 384-385
- Carving Out a New Profession by Richard J. Walsh, pp. 386-391
- Deep-Rooted by Ruth Janet Barber, p. 392
- The Devil-Drum by Barrett Willoughby, pp. 393-408
- On the Heels of Old Spain by Helen V. Tooker, pp. 409-417
- Anatole France and Thomas Hardy by Carl Van Doren, pp. 418-422
- The Tree-Toad by Marion Patton Waldron, p. 423
- The Balance-Sheet of Civilization by Glenn Frank, pp. 424-428
- Books Reviewed, pp. 429-434
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February 1925 Issue = 19 Articles- A Conversation with Ernest Renan by Romain Rolland, pp. 435-439
- Seven P.M. by Mark Van Doren, p. 440
- Blocker Locke by Barry Benefield, pp. 441-450
- At a Street Corner by E. Dorset, p. 451
- At the European Switchboard by Charles Edward Russell, pp. 452-463
- The Hobo's Apology by James Stevens, pp. 464-472
- Readin', 'Ritin', and 'Rithmetic by Susan Meriwether Boogher, pp. 473-482
- 1900-1925 by Robert L. Duffus, pp. 483-491
- White but Black, pp. 492-499
- The Beggar of Alcazar by Konrad Bercovici, pp. 500-515
- Tools for To-Morrow by Richard J. Walsh, pp. 516-522
- Madmen and Children by Kwei Chen, p. 523
- Richard Kane Settles Down by Irwin Edman, pp. 524-537
- An Untitled Story by Donn Byrne, pp. 538-551
- The Biography of a Mind by W.J. Dawson, pp. 552-560
- Moments in a Man's Life by Carl Van Doren, pp. 561-566
- Land Youth by Harold Vinal, p. 567
- An Industrial Counter-Revolution by Glenn Frank, pp. 568-572
- Books Reviewed, pp. 573-578
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March 1925 Issue = 16 Articles- The Venetian Glass Nephew by Elinor Wylie, pp. 579-597
- To Pansy by E. Dorset, p. 598
- Children in Politics by William L. Chenery, pp. 599-605
- Crime and Punishment by Horace J. Bridges and Clarence Darrow, pp. 606-634
- The Mountain Whippoorwill by Stephen Vincent Benet, pp. 635-639
- The Biography of a Mind by W.J. Dawson, pp. 640-648
- The New Era in Mexico by Ernest Gruening, pp. 649-665
- Green Ice by Louise Townsend Nicholl, pp. 666-670
- Some Words We Need by Robert Haven Schauffler, pp. 671-678
- Spain: Her Future, Turbulent by John Langdon-Davies, pp. 679-687
- An American Cathedral by Von Ogden Vogt, pp. 688-695
- The Crime of Crimes by Chester T. Crowell, pp. 696-704
- Mark Twain and Bernard Shaw by Carl Van Doren, pp. 705-710
- Prometheus by Glenn Frank, pp. 711-715
- Man in the Wind by Genevieve Taggard, p. 716
- Books Reviewed, pp. 717-722
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April 1925 Issue = 16 Articles- Is America so Bad, after All? by Robert H. Lowie, pp. 723-729
- The Dime by Zona Gale, pp. 730-736
- Revaluing Motherhood by Anne Sturges Duryea, pp. 737-743
- New Phases in the Italian Struggle by Charles Edward Russell, pp. 744-755
- Six Reasons Why by Richard Connell, pp. 756-762
- Richard Kane Considers Morals by Irwin Edman, pp. 763-775
- An Honfleur Ex-Voto by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 776-785
- Stars on a Mountain by Webb Waldron, pp. 786-792
- Telemachus by Gwendolen Haste, p. 793
- Ten Minutes by Viola Meynell, pp. 794-801
- Fringe of the Fantastic by E. Alexander Powell, pp. 802-810
- Feud by Lew Sarett, p. 811
- The Venetian Glass Nephew by Elinor Wylie, pp. 812-830
- Moments in a Man's Life by Carl Van Doren, pp. 831-838
- Is States' Rights a Dead Issue? by Glenn Frank, pp. 839-842
- Books Reviewed, pp. 843-848
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May 1925 Issue = 19 Articles- The Return by Sherwood Anderson, pp. 3-14
- The Minister, pp. 15-20
- The Birth of a Ballad by Freda Kirchwey, pp. 21-24
- Bonnet Sonnet by Jacqueline Embry, p. 25
- The Schools of the Future by Sarah N. Cleghorn, pp. 26-32
- Thomas Henry Huxley by Edward Clodd, pp. 33-41
- The Little-Landers by Gertrude Mathews Shelby, pp. 42-49
- The Sidewalks of New York by Glen Mullin, pp. 50-57
- London by Louis Wolchonok, pp. 58-63
- The Venetian Glass Nephew by Elinor Wylie, pp. 64-84
- The Great Art Delusion by Alexander Black, pp. 85-93
- Can We Save the Democratic Party? by George F. Milton, pp. 94-100
- Conversations with Duse by Stark Young, pp. 101-105
- The New Astrology by Ellsworth Huntington, pp. 106-114
- Tom Jones and Philip Carey by Carl Van Doren, pp. 115-120
- State Universities in State Politics by Glenn Frank, pp. 121-124
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The Mathematician's Complaint, p. 125 - 1 Review- Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley
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A Middle Master, p. 126 - 1 Review- The Life, Art, and Letters of George Inness by George Inness, Jr. #2 and George Inness
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8 Reviews North America, by J. Russell Smith, pp. 126-128 - 8 Reviews- North America by J. Russell Smith
- Mammonart by Upton Sinclair
- The Golden Treasury of Modern Lyrics by Laurence Binyon
- Processional by John Howard Lawson
- The Story of Irving Berlin by Alexander Woollcott
- The Carolinian by Rafael Sabatini
- The Isles of Fear by Katherine Mayo
- The Sociology of Revolution by Pitirim A. Sorokin
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June 1925 Issue = 18 Articles- The Professor Goes Slumming by Stanley Walker, pp. 131-136
- "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!" by Floyd Dell, pp. 137-151
- Wash-Tubs and Woman's Duty by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, pp. 152-159
- Saints of the Desert by A.M. Hassanein, pp. 160-165
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 166-176
- Glimpses of Interesting Americans by Walter Tittle, pp. 177-192
- A Scientific Trail to Immortality by John O'Hara Cosgrave, pp. 193-207
- Possessed by Ruth Fitch Bartlett, pp. 208-218
- The Peter Mans of Communism by Benjamin Stolberg, pp. 219-227
- Richard Kane Reads the News by Irwin Edman, pp. 228-237
- St. Martin and the Honest Man by Padraic Colum, pp. 238-240
- The Transfusion by George Sterling, p. 241
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Document and Work of Art by Carl Van Doren, pp. 242-247 - 2 Reviews- Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard
- Paul Bunyan by James Stevens
- Around the World with Open Eyes by Glenn Frank, pp. 248-252
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A Noble Savage, p. 253 - 1 Review- The Life and Letters of John Muir by William Frederic Bade and John Muir
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The Hoboes' Comedy, p. 254 - 1 Review- Adventures of a Scholar Tramp by Glen H. Mullin
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Nietzsche Among the Artists, p. 255 - 1 Review- The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
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4 Reviews Casanova's Escape from the Leads, by Arthur Ma..., p. 256 - 4 Reviews- Casanova's Escape from the Leads by Arthur Machen
- Casanova in England by Horace Bleackley
- The Life of Casanova from 1774 to 1798 by Mitchell S. Buck
- Young Mrs. Cruse by Viola Meynell
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July 1925 Issue = 20 Articles- A Childhood in High Hungary by Countess Katrinka Karolyi, pp. 259-267
- Zion National Park: Its Development by Stephen Tyng Mather, pp. 268-271
- The Little White Village by Margaret Leech, pp. 272-284
- Memories of Chicago by H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, pp. 285-290
- Warning by Margaret Tod Ritter, p. 291
- Yippy by John L. Elliott, pp. 292-298
- The Wildness of New York by Lewis S. Gannett, pp. 299-304
- Glimpses of Interesting Americans by Walter Tittle, pp. 305-320
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 321-332
- In the Lobby by Zona Gale, pp. 333-338
- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta by William McFee, pp. 339-349
- Midsummer by Wilbert Snow, p. 350
- Geneva Seeks a New World by Sarah Wambaugh, pp. 351-360
- A Fantasy by Mabel Grabow, p. 361
- Sinclair Lewis and Sherwood Anderson by Carl Van Doren, pp. 362-369
- The Outlook for Western Civilization by Glenn Frank, pp. 370-380
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In the Lion's Cage, p. 381 - 1 Review- Table Talk of G.B.S. by Bernard Shaw and Archibald Henderson
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The Complete Shepherd, p. 381 - 1 Review- Brigham Young by M.R. Werner
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Congreve: Model 1925, p. 382 - 1 Review- Serena Blandish; or, The Difficulty of Getting Married by Enid Bagnold
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3 Reviews The Death of Christopher Marlowe, by Leslie Ho..., pp. 383-384 - 3 Reviews- The Death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson
- The Day of Concord and Lexington by Allen French
- The Home Book of Modern Verse by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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August 1925 Issue = 19 Articles- The Mathematics of Gonfal by James Branch Cabell, pp. 387-397
- The Myth of Good English by Arthur Livingston, pp. 398-405
- The Wildness of Boston by Dallas Lore Sharp, pp. 406-414
- The Trapper by Llewelyn Powys, pp. 415-419
- Pirates by Elizabeth Coatsworth, p. 420
- Misunderstanding Europe by Langdon Mitchell, pp. 421-432
- Glimpses of Interesting Americans by Walter Tittle, pp. 433-448
- Richard Kane Takes Stock of Marriage by Irwin Edman, pp. 449-458
- Memories of Chicago by H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, pp. 459-465
- Mrs. Dalton by John L. Elliott, pp. 466-469
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 470-481
- An Albanian Night in the Mountains by Elizabeth L. Cleveland, pp. 482-488
- Education Old and New by Alexander Goldenweiser, pp. 489-492
- Homo Additus Naturae by Rolfe Humphries, p. 493
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Lucifer from Nantucket by Carl Van Doren, pp. 494-501 - 1 Review- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Outlook for Western Civilization by Glenn Frank, pp. 502-509
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Erudition not Indiscretion, p. 510 - 1 Review- Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by Jean Jacques Brousson
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Mediocrity Satisfies, p. 511 - 1 Review- The George and the Crown by Sheila Kaye-Smith
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2 Reviews The Cambridge Book of Prose and Verse in Illus..., p. 512 - 2 Reviews- The Cambridge Book of Prose and Verse in Illustration of English Literature by George Sampson
- The Coasts of Illusion by Clark B. Firestone
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September 1925 Issue = 18 Articles- Catherine the Great by Katharine Anthony, pp. 515-525
- The Bringer of Grist by Chester T. Crowell, pp. 526-538
- Memories of Chicago by H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, pp. 539-547
- Arthur Blue by John L. Elliott, pp. 548-552
- Four Brothers by John Cowper Powys, pp. 553-560
- Glimpses of Interesting Americans by Walter Tittle, pp. 561-576
- The Profession Criminal by Frank Tannenbaum, pp. 577-587
- The Mistress of the Inn by Ellen Glines, p. 588
- Raveling by David Merrill Anderson, pp. 589-596
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 597-606
- Ocean Sequence by James Rorty, p. 607
- The Japanese in the United States by Konrad Bercovici, pp. 608-616
- Moments in a Man's Life by Carl Van Doren, pp. 617-624
- Lava by Louise Townsend Nicholl, p. 625
- The Outlook for Western Civilization by Glenn Frank, pp. 626-636
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The Classic Strain by C.V.D., pp. 637-638 - 2 Reviews- Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford
- The Pilgrimage of Henry James by Van Wyck Brooks
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Pan on Four Feet by C.V.D., p. 639 - 1 Review- St. Mawr by D.H. Lawrence
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5 Reviews The Laxdala Saga, by Thorstein Veblen, p. 640 - 5 Reviews- The Laxdala Saga by Thorstein Veblen
- A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama, 1700-1750 by Allardyce Nicoll
- Lives and Times by Meade Minnigerode
- Ships of the Seven Seas by Hawthorne Daniel
- Drums by James Boyd
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October 1925 Issue = 15 Articles- The Rise and Fall of Greenwich Village by Floyd Dell, pp. 643-655
- Embers by L.M. Hussey, pp. 656-667
- The American Talk in Persia by A.C. Millspaugh, pp. 668-678
- When the World Came to Chicago by H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, pp. 679-688
- Personalities in a Parisian Salon by Walter Tittle, pp. 689-705
- What Our Children Might Have by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, pp. 706-711
- German Settlers in the United States by Konrad Bercovici, pp. 712-719
- Orthodoxy by Louise Townsend Nicholl, pp. 720-730
- Catherine the Great by Katharine Anthony, pp. 731-743
- Iffley by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, pp. 744-745
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 746-756
- Moments in a Man's Life by Carl Van Doren, pp. 757-764
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Canons Vary, p. 765 - 1 Review- American Poetry and Prose by Norman Foerster
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7 Reviews The Literature of the Middle Western Frontier,... by C.V.D., pp. 766-767 - 7 Reviews- The Literature of the Middle Western Frontier by Ralph L. Rusk
- Crackerbox Philosophers in American Humor and Satire by Jennette R. Tandy
- Autobiography of a Crook by R.L. Dearden
- Glorious Apollo by E. Barrington
- Everyday Life in Roman Britain by Marjorie Quennell and C.H.B. Quennell
- Tiger Joy by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Horace and His Art of Enjoyment by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
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Without Stage Directions by C.V.D., pp. 768-780 - 1 Review- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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November 1925 Issue = 16 Articles- Peace Out of the East by Nathaniel Peffer, pp. 3-10
- The Futility of Sermons by Maurice Francis Egan, pp. 11-18
- Two Towns That Are One by Frank Tannenbaum, pp. 19-26
- The Age of Uproar by H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, pp. 27-35
- The Lithuanians in the United States by Konrad Bercovici, pp. 36-42
- French Impressions by Charles E. Clark#2, pp. 43-47
- The Rise and Fall of Greenwich Village by Floyd Dell, pp. 48-58
- Catherine the Great by Katharine Anthony, pp. 59-72
- The Bitter Bread of Exile by Marguerite E. Harrison, pp. 73-82
- Lanes of Memory by George S. Hellman, pp. 83-94
- Johan Bojer by Andre Bellessort, pp. 95-107
- In the Ore Fields by Rose C. Feld, pp. 108-116
- The Wildness of Philadelphia by Samuel Scoville, Jr., pp. 117-124
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Poet's Prose, p. 125 - 1 Review- The Venetian Glass Nephew by Elinor Wylie
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Hawkeye de Nos Jours, p. 126 - 2 Reviews- Jungle Days by William Beebe
- Jungle Peace by William Beebe
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4 Reviews Skin for Skin, by Llewelyn Powys, pp. 127-128 - 4 Reviews- Skin for Skin by Llewelyn Powys
- Democracy by Henry Adams
- The Novels of Fielding by Aurelien Digeon
- The Philosophy of Witchcraft by Ian Ferguson
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December 1925 Issue = 15 Articles- Compliments of the Season by Brander Matthews, pp. 129-134
- Good Night by Mark Van Doren, p. 135
- The United States of India by Edward Alsworth Ross, pp. 136-149
- Richard Kane Ponders Education by Irwin Edman, pp. 150-159
- Clothes and Other Things by Nathalie Sedgwick Colby, pp. 160-163
- Frau Nolte by Elsie Singmaster, pp. 164-172
- Cavour's Tragic Love Story by H. Nelson Gay, pp. 173-192
- The Press and the President by Oswald Garrison Villard, pp. 193-200
- Rubbing Elbows with Reality by Jerome Davis, pp. 201-207
- As in the Days of Adam by Maurice G. Hindus, pp. 208-215
- Gulls by Jean Starr Untermeyer, p. 216
- Mind-Stretching by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, pp. 217-224
- Across the Ocean in 1891 by Edwin Bjorkman, pp. 225-235
- The Convalescent Sick Man of Europe by Nathaniel Peffer, pp. 236-245
- Moments in a Man's Life by Carl Van Doren, pp. 246-256
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Issues of 1926 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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Issues of 1927 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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Issues of 1928 = 10 Issues, 225 Articles