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October 1929 Issue - 38 ArticlesFour Years of College
- Dim Joys;Cloudy Sorrows
Samuel Lipshutz
, pp. 129-135 - "With Honor"
Olive Brossow
, pp. 136-142 - Botched Cities
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 143-150 - Gentlewomen of the House
Duff Gilfond
, pp. 151-160 - Editorial, pp. 161-163
- Deliverance
Arthur Hanko
, pp. 164-170 - The King of Beer
Gerald Holland
, pp. 171-178 - Americana, pp. 179-184
- The Mind of the South
W.J. Cash
, pp. 185-192 - School Ventilation
Ernest W. Steel
, pp. 193-195 - The Fine Arts vs. the Applied Arts
Warren E. Cox
, pp. 196-198 - The Unitarians
Mortimer Smith
, pp. 199-209 - American University Presses
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 210-214 - Plumed Knight and Turkey-Gobbler
Benjamin DeCasseres
, pp. 215-221 - The Talkies Come to Town
Maurice S. Sullivan
, pp. 222-229 - Escape
Eleanor Rowland Wembridge
, pp. 230-235 - Keep It Exclusive!
Mildred Gilman
, pp. 236-241 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 242-244 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 245-250 The Library
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Two Southern Novels (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 251-252 They Stooped to Folly, by Ellen Glasgow
- They Stooped to Folly by Ellen Glasgow
- Cora Potts by Ward Greene
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Ghostly Matters (7 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 253 The History of Modern Christianity in the Light of Modern Knowledge, by Anonymous
- 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 (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 254-255 Japan in Recent Times, 1912-1926, by A. Morgan Young
- Japan in Recent Times, 1912-1926 by A. Morgan Young
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-282
Check List of New Books
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History (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
Rudolph L. Weissman