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January 1924 Issue - 30 Articles- The Lincoln Legend
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 1-7 - Four Poems
Theodore Dreiser
, pp. 8-10 - Stephen Crane
Carl Van Doren
, pp. 11-14 - Four Generations
Ruth Suckow
, pp. 15-21 - Huneker on Huneker, pp. 22-26
- Editorial, pp. 27-30
- The Drool Method in History
Harry E. Barnes
, pp. 31-38 - Mr. Moore and Mr. Chew
Samuel C. Chew
, pp. 39-47 - Americana, pp. 48-50
- Aesthete: Model 1924
Ernest Boyd
, pp. 51-56 - The Tragic Hiram
John W. Owens
, pp. 57-61 - Two Years of Disarmament
Miles Martindale
, pp. 62-68 - Santayana at Cambridge
Margaret Munsterberg
, pp. 69-74 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 75-78 - The Communist Hoax
James Oneal
, pp. 79-84 - The Weaver's Tale
John McClure
, pp. 85-88 - The New Sky-Line
C. Grant La Farge
, pp. 89-90 - The Pother About Glands
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 91-93 - The Test of English
George Philip Krapp
, pp. 94-98 - Sweeney's Grail
Leonard Lanson Cline
, pp. 99-103 - The New Thought
Woodbridge Riley
, pp. 104-108 - On a Second-Rate War, pp. 109-112
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 113-119 The Library
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Russian Music (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 120 My Musical Life, by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
- My Musical Life by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
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The New Freedom (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 121 Recent Changes in American Constitutional Theory, by John W. Burgess
- Recent Changes in American Constitutional Theory by John W. Burgess
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The Uplift: Export Department (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 122 Race and National Solidarity, by Charles Conant Josey
- Race and National Solidarity by Charles Conant Josey
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Once More, The Immortals (Review) James Branch Cabell
, pp. 123-124 Fantastica, by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols
- Fantastica by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols
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Brandes and Croce (2 Reviews) Ernest Boyd
, p. 125 Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, by George Brandes
- Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by George Brandes
- Poesia E Non Poesia by Benedetto Croce
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Brazil From Within (Review) Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 126-127 Patria Nova, by Mario Pinto Serva
- Patria Nova by Mario Pinto Serva
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-138
February 1924 Issue - 29 Articles- All God's Chillun Got Wings (A Play in Two Acts)
Eugene O'Neill
, pp. 129-148 - The Grammarian and His Language
Edward Sapir
, pp. 149-155 - The Part-Time Missionary
Howell Sykes
, pp. 156-160 - Editorial, pp. 161-164
- Caught
Sherwood Anderson
, pp. 165-176 - Americana, pp. 177-179
- Pinchot
Charles Willis Thompson
, pp. 180-182 - More Light on Whitman
Emory Holloway
, pp. 183-189 - Osteopathy
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 190-195 - American Portraits I. The Labor Leader
James M. Cain
, pp. 196-200 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 201-206 - The Ku-Kluxer
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 207-211 - Panorama
John McClure
, p. 212 - Alcohol and the Duration of Life
Raymond Pearl
, pp. 213-214 - Modern First Editions
George H. Sargent
, pp. 215-217 - The American Painter
Guy Eglington
, pp. 218-220 - Heredity and the Uplift
H.M. Parshley
, pp. 221-226 - Carrying Civilization to Mexico
Carleton Beals
, pp. 227-233 - The Comic Patriot
Carl Van Doren
, pp. 234-236 - A Note on Shakespeare
Leon Kellner
, pp. 237-240 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 241-247 The Library
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How We Are Governed (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 248 The Great Game of Politics, by Frank R. Kent
- The Great Game of Politics by Frank R. Kent
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One of the Immortals (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 249-250 Remembered Yesterdays, by Robert Underwood Johnson
- Remembered Yesterdays by Robert Underwood Johnson
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Pseudo-Science (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 251 Rejuvenation and the Prolongation of Human Efficiency, by Paul Kammerer
- Rejuvenation and the Prolongation of Human Efficiency by Paul Kammerer
- Rejuvenation by George F. Corners and A.S. Blumgarten
- The Re-Creating of the Individual by Beatrice M. Hinkle
- A Plea for Monogamy by Wilfrid Lay
- The Philosophy of Civilization by R.H. Towner
- Contraception by Marie Carmichael Stopes
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Three Volumes of Fiction (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 252 Horses and Men, by Sherwood Anderson
- Horses and Men by Sherwood Anderson
- The Rover by Joseph Conrad
- A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
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The Chicago Outfit (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 253 Midwest Portraits, by Harry Hansen
- Midwest Portraits by Harry Hansen
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Origins of the Revolution (Review) W.F. Robinson
, p. 254 Revolutionary New England, 1601-1776, by James Truslow Adams
- Revolutionary New England, 1601-1776 by James Truslow Adams
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The Case of Luther (Review) John E. Lind
, p. 255 Luther Nichols, by Mary S. Watts
- Luther Nichols by Mary S. Watts
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-266
March 1924 Issue - 26 Articles- Cretheus and the Lions
Stephen French Whitman
, pp. 257-266 - The John Brown Myth
Leland H. Jenks
, pp. 267-273 - Chautauqua: Its Technic
Gregory Mason
, pp. 274-280 - Reflections of a Bible-Reader
Arthur Davison Ficke
, pp. 281-284 - Six Orchestral Conductors
D.W. Sinclair
, pp. 285-291 - Editorial, pp. 292-296
- John Maroufaz and His Sons
W.L. George
, pp. 297-305 - Americana, pp. 306-308
- Every Science an Exact Science
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
, pp. 309-314 - The Two Tafts
Charles Willis Thompson
, pp. 315-319 - Mansfield Park and America
Arthur Bingham Walkley
, pp. 320-322 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 323-331 - Portrait of an Old Mother
Alice Mary Kimball
, pp. 332-334 - Byron in America
Samuel C. Chew
, pp. 335-344 - American Portraits II. The Washington Job-Holder
Harvey Fergusson
, pp. 345-350 - The Sire of Kiwanis
William Feather
, pp. 351-356 - Spanish Nights' Entertainment
C.E. Bechhofer
, pp. 357-362 - The American View of Politics
Johan J. Smertenko
, pp. 363-368 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 369-375 The Library
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Cheating the Mortician (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 376 Public Health in the United States, by Harry H. Moore
- Public Health in the United States by Harry H. Moore
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A Modern Masterpiece (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 377-378 The Poet Assassinated, by Guillaume Apollinaire
- The Poet Assassinated by Guillaume Apollinaire
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Art Criticism (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 379 Chinese Painting as Reflected in the Thought and Art of Li Lung-Mien, 1070-1106, by Agn...
- Chinese Painting as Reflected in the Thought and Art of Li Lung-Mien, 1070-1106 by Agnes E. Meyer
- William Glackens by Forbes Watson
- Georges Seuret by Walter Pach
- A History of Art by Giulio Carotti and Mrs. Arthur Strong
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Three Gay Stories (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 380 The High Place, by James Branch Cabell
- The High Place by James Branch Cabell
- Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley
- The Blind Bow-Boy by Carl Van Vechten
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The Popularization of Science (2 Reviews) H.M. Parshley
, pp. 381-382 Social Life Among the Insects, by William Morton Wheeler
- Social Life Among the Insects by William Morton Wheeler
- Studies in Evolution and Eugenics by S.J. Holmes
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Walter von Molo (Review) Friedrich Schonemann
, p. 383 Auf Der Rollenden Erde, by Walter von Molo
- Auf Der Rollenden Erde by Walter von Molo
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-390
April 1924 Issue - 27 Articles- Horace Greeley
Gamaliel Bradford
, pp. 385-393 - What Is a Statesman?
Charles A. Beard
, pp. 394-396 - Lillian Gish
Joseph Hergesheimer
, pp. 397-402 - Stella
Thyra Samter Winslow
, pp. 403-407 - Editorial, pp. 408-412
- The Uplift on the Frontier
James Stevens
, pp. 413-418 - Apostle to the Heathen
Ernest Boyd
, pp. 419-423 - In Defense of the Puritan
Walter Prichard Eaton
, pp. 424-428 - Americana, pp. 429-432
- American Portraits III. The Editorial Writer
James M. Cain
, pp. 433-438 - The Invasion of America
Elbridge Colby
, pp. 439-443 - Hylan
William Bullock
, pp. 444-450 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 451-458 - Mushroom Town
Muna Lee
, pp. 459-462 - The Origin and Spread of Cultures
Robert H. Lowie
, pp. 463-465 - A Moratorium for Opera
W.J. Henderson
, pp. 466-467 - The Critical Realists
Woodbridge Riley
, pp. 468-470 - The End of a Literary Mystery
Frederick P. Hier, Jr.
, pp. 471-478 - Woodrow Wilson
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 479-490 - The Guard
Ruth Valentine
, pp. 491-496 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 497-503 The Library
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The Little Red Schoolhouse (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 504 The Goslings, by Upton Sinclair
- The Goslings by Upton Sinclair
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Provincial Literature (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 505-506 The Story of Detroit, by George B. Catlin
- The Story of Detroit by George B. Catlin
- The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock by Otto A. Rothert
- Out of the Desert by Otto White
- Men of Maryland Since the Civil War by Paul Winchester
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God's Country: Exterior View (7 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 507-508 Amazing America, by H.M. Somer
- Amazing America by H.M. Somer
- Das Land Gottes by Herman George Scheffauer
- Ein Fruehling in Amerika by Roda Roda
- Amerika von Washington bis Wilson by C.A. Bratter
- Auslandsraetsel by Friedrich Dessauer
- New York und London by Alfred Kerr
- Der Amerikanische Mensche by Annalise Schmidt
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The Husk of Dreiser (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 509-510 Arlie Gelston and Her Critics, by Roger L. Sergel
- Arlie Gelston and Her Critics by Roger L. Sergel
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume I, pp. 512-522
May 1924 Issue - 27 Articles- The Peace Myth
Virgil Jordan
, pp. 1-9 - John Ruskin
Frank Harris
, pp. 10-16 - The Case of Bedrich Zatloukal
Paul Tanaquil
, pp. 17-23 - Editorial, pp. 24-26
- The American Cigar
Carl Avery Werner
, pp. 27-34 - Watson of Indiana
John W. Owens
, pp. 35-38 - The Right to Consolation
William Seagle
, pp. 39-44 - Americana, pp. 45-50
- Modern American Printing
Harry Lyman Koopman
, pp. 51-54 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 55-62 - Lowell
C. Hartley Grattan
, pp. 63-69 - The South Takes the Offensive
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 70-78 - Mathematics in the United States Today
R.D. Carmichael
, pp. 79-82 - Alfred Stieglitz and His Work
Herbert J. Seligmann
, pp. 83-84 - The Campaign of B. C. 588-86
K.C. McIntosh
, pp. 85-91 - Rachel and Her Children
Frances Newman
, pp. 92-96 - American Books in France
Lewis Galantiere
, pp. 97-102 - The Substance of Poetry
John McClure
, pp. 103-108 - Pedagogue: Old Style
James M. Cain
, pp. 109-112 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 113-119 The Library
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Bravos in Bed-Sheets (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 120-121 Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877, by Susan L. Davis
- Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877 by Susan L. Davis
- The Ku Klux Klan by John Moffatt Mecklin
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Two Views of Russia (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 122 My Disillusionment in Russia, by Emma Goldman
- My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman
- The First Time in History by Anna Louise Strong
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Training for Press Agents (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 123 Crystallizing Public Opinion, by Edward L. Bernays
- Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward L. Bernays
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Christian vs. Christian (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 124 What is Modernism?, by Leighton Parks
- What is Modernism? by Leighton Parks
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An American in Germany (Review) S. Miles Bouton
, p. 125 The Old and the New Germany, by John F. Coar
- The Old and the New Germany by John F. Coar
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Men and Women (11 Reviews) J.D. Blackman
, pp. 126-127 My University Days, by Maxim Gorky
- My University Days by Maxim Gorky
- Louis Pasteur by S.J. Holmes
- The Real Sarah Bernhardt by Mme. Pierre Berton and Basil Woon
- With Congress and Cabinet by William C. Redfield
- Anton Chehov: A Critical Study by William Gerhardi
- From Immigrant to Inventor by Michael Pupin
- Robert Burns: His Life and Genius by Andrew Dakers
- Gandhi, the Apostle by Haridas T. Muzumdar
- The Last Years of H.M. Hyndman by Rosalind Travers Hyndman
- From Pinafores to Politics by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman
- My Musical Life by Walter Damrosch
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-146
June 1924 Issue - 26 Articles- The Righteous Perish
Mary Alden Hopkins
, pp. 129-133 - Call for a Literary Historian
Fred Lewis Pattee
, pp. 134-140 - Absolution
F. Scott Fitzgerald
, pp. 141-149 - The Rise and Fall of Homeopathy
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 150-154 - Editorial, pp. 155-160
- The Black Duck Dinner
James Stevens
, pp. 161-169 - Americana, pp. 170-174
- Satan in the Dance-Hall
Gregory Mason
, pp. 175-182 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 183-189 - The English of the Negro
George Philip Krapp
, pp. 190-195 - This City Wind
Leonora Speyer
, p. 196 - American Journalism Today
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 197-204 - Walt Whitman and the Aristidean
Thomas Ollive Mabbott
, pp. 205-206 - What Is a Race?
Melville J. Herskovits
, pp. 207-209 - The Training of The Soldier
Arlington B. Conway
, pp. 210-214 - American Portraits IV. Medicinae Doctor
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 215-223 - International Languages
Albert Leon Guerard
, pp. 224-230 - The War Against Birth Control
Margaret Sanger
, pp. 231-236 - The Senate's Last Leader
Charles Willis Thompson
, pp. 237-240 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 241-247 The Library
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The Newspaper Man (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 248-249 The Principles of Journalism, by Casper S. Yost
- The Principles of Journalism by Casper S. Yost
- The Ethics of Journalism by Nelson Antrim Crawford
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Edgar Lee Masters (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 250-251 Mirage, by Edgar Lee Masters
- Mirage by Edgar Lee Masters
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The Heir of Lincoln (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 252-253 Calvin Coolidge, by M.E. Hennessy
- Calvin Coolidge by M.E. Hennessy
- The Price of Freedom by Calvin Coolidge
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Cabelliana (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 254 A Bibliography of the Writings of James Branch Cabell, by Guy Holt
- A Bibliography of the Writings of James Branch Cabell by Guy Holt
- A round-table in Poictesme by Don Marshall Bregenzer and Robert Loveman
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Brief Notices (5 Reviews) , p. 255 The Hymn as Literature, by Jeremiah Bascom Reeves
- The Hymn as Literature by Jeremiah Bascom Reeves
- The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology by Alfred Adler
- Interior Decoration by Amy L. Rolfe
- Creole Sketches by Lafcadio Hearn
- Your Washington and Mine by Louise Payson Latimer
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-266
July 1924 Issue - 24 Articles- The Presidency
Charles C. Thach
, pp. 257-266 - Champion of Champions
R.F. Dibble
, pp. 267-273 - M'Liss and Louie
Carl Sandburg
, p. 274 - The Devil Born in Them
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 275-280 - Editorial, pp. 281-286
- Stanley Hall
A.E. Hamilton
, pp. 287-292 A Memory
- Americana, pp. 293-296
- Mr. Munsey
Robert L. Duffus
, pp. 297-304 - Where the Law Fails
Homer H. Cooper
, pp. 305-312 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 313-320 - American Portraits V.Babbitt Emeritus
Parkhurst Whitney
, pp. 321-327 - Whitman on His Contemporaries
James Russell Lowell and Richard Henry Stoddard, ...
, pp. 328-332 - Insect vs. Insect
H.M. Parshley
, pp. 333-339 - The Wages of Peace
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
, pp. 340-344 - The Dutch on the Delaware
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 345-350 - The American Chemist
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 351-356 - The Mouse
May Freud Dickenson
, pp. 357-363 - Saving Souls
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 364-368 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 369-375 The Library
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Ring W. Lardner (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 376 How to Write Short Stories, by Ring W. Lardner
- How to Write Short Stories by Ring W. Lardner
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The Bradford Formula (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 377-379 The American Mind in Action, by Harvey O'Higgins and Edward H. Reede
- The American Mind in Action by Harvey O'Higgins and Edward H. Reede
- Strenuous Americans by Roy F. Dibble
- The Fabulous Forties by Meade Minnigerode
- The Soul of Samuel Pepys by Gamaliel Bradford
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Rambles in Fiction (5 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 380-381 Race, by William McFee
- Race by William McFee
- Streets of Night by John Dos Passos
- Women and Wives by Harvey Fergusson
- A Hind Let Loose by C.E. Montague
- Country People by Ruth Suckow
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The Slave and His Ways (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 382-383 The American Labor Year Book, 1923-24, by The Rand School of Social Science
- The American Labor Year Book, 1923-24 by The Rand School of Social Science
- Rebellion in Labor Unions by Sylvia Kopald
- The Personal Relation in Industry by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- Englands Labour Rulers by Iconoclast
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-394
August 1924 Issue - 25 Articles- Mr. Coolidge
Frank R. Kent
, pp. 385-390 - The Gates of Tamerlane
Achmed Abdullah
, pp. 391-398 - Godey's Lady's Book
Richard Fay Warner
, pp. 399-405 - Canned Music and the Composer
Harry B. Smith
, pp. 406-410 - The Trial of the Dead Cleopatra
Vachel Lindsay
, pp. 411-418 - The Ordeal of Prohibition
Clarence S. Darrow
, pp. 419-427 - A Note on Tights
Carl Van Vechten
, pp. 428-432 - Americana, pp. 433-436
- El Paso
Owen P. White
, pp. 437-444 - American Portraits VI. The Advertising Agent
Orrick Johns
, pp. 445-450 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 451-456 - The Mercy of God
Theodore Dreiser
, pp. 457-464 - Jazz
Virgil Thomson
, pp. 465-466 - Cavalry in Modern War
G.A. Moore
, pp. 467-469 - The Books of Dard Hunter
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 470-472 - The Inquiring Mind
Zechariah Chafee, Jr.
, pp. 473-480 - Pariah
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 481-492 - A Forgotten American Statesman
Milledge L. Bonham, Jr.
, pp. 493-500 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 501-505 The Library
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Mankind in the Mass (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 506 Fundamentals of Social Psychology, by Emory S. Bogardus
- Fundamentals of Social Psychology by Emory S. Bogardus
- Psychology by Everett Dean Martin
- The Basis of Social Theory by Albert G.A. Balz and William S.A. Pott
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Apostle to the Philistines (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 507 The Common Sense of Music, by Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth
- The Common Sense of Music by Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth
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The Reporter at Work (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 508-509 The Best News Stories of 1923, by Joseph Anthony
- The Best News Stories of 1923 by Joseph Anthony
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Brief Notes (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 510 The Sultan of the Mountains, by Rosita Forbes
- The Sultan of the Mountains by Rosita Forbes
- Forty Years in Washington by David S. Barry
- A Primer of Modern Art by Sheldon Cheney
- Apollo by Salomon Reinach
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume II, pp. 512-522
September 1924 Issue - 26 Articles- The Anglo-Saxon Myth
Henry J. Ford
, pp. 1-7 - Song Tournament
Louis Untermeyer
, p. 8 New Style
- Voila, Anatole France!
Jean-Jacques Brousson
, pp. 9-14 - A Start in Life
Ruth Suckow
, pp. 15-23 - The Japanese Bugaboo
David Warren Ryder
, pp. 24-30 - Editorial, pp. 31-34
- Morals in the Two-A-Day
Marian Spitzer
, pp. 35-39 - Americana, pp. 40-42
- The Statesman as Artist
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 43-49 - Fads in Health Legislation
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 50-56 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 57-63 - The Devil's Advocate
R.F. Dibble
, pp. 64-70 - Koussevitzky
Ernest Newman
, pp. 71-73 - What is Disease?
Paul H. De Kruif
, pp. 74-76 - Architecture and the Machine
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 77-80 - Mr. Durant
Dorothy Parker
, pp. 81-87 - American Portraits VII. The Country Banker
Charles B. Driscoll
, pp. 88-92 - A Boyhood in the Bush
Thomas J. LeBlanc
, pp. 93-98 - The Law
William Seagle
, pp. 99-104 First Year
- Hunting Bolsheviks in 1798
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 105-111 - Gentlemen All
D.R. Potter
, pp. 112-117 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 118-122 The Library
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The State of the Country (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 123-124 Democracy and Leadership, by Irving Babbitt
- Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt
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The Art of Keeping Well (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 125-126 The National Health Series, by The National Health Council
- The National Health Series by The National Health Council
- How is Your Heart by S. Calvin Smith
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Frank I. Cobb (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 127 Cobb of "The World": A Leader in Liberalism, by John L. Heaton and Frank I. Cobb
- Cobb of "The World": A Leader in Liberalism by John L. Heaton and Frank I. Cobb
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-138
October 1924 Issue - 28 Articles- Arsenals of Hatred
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 129-136 - Notes of an Amateur Father
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 137-142 - The King of Loafers
William Feather
, pp. 143-148 - Masterpiece
Robert B. Garey
, pp. 149-154 - Editorial, pp. 155-159
- The Yankee in Paris
Vincent O'Sullivan
, pp. 160-162 - The Question of Racial Purity
Franz Boas
, pp. 163-169 - Americana, pp. 170-174
- Why Men Leave Kansas
Charles B. Driscoll
, pp. 175-178 - The Dilemma of the Negro
W.E. Burghardt DuBois
, pp. 179-185 - Walt Whitman on Himself, pp. 186-192
- Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 193-198 - Government by Yokel
Orville A. Welsh
, pp. 199-205 - On Literary Groups
Maxwell Bodenheim
, pp. 206-207 - The Advantage of Senator La Follette
Alexander Harvey
, pp. 208-209 - Birth Control: An Unsolved Problem
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 210-212 - The Sentimentalist
Ben Hecht
, pp. 213-216 - Devastated Regions
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 217-220 - Highway Personages
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 221-225 - Wells of Correct Thought
Bruce Gould
, pp. 226-232 - Notes on the Vernacular
Louise Pound
, pp. 233-237 - The Railroads on the Griddle
Richard Hoadley Tingley
, pp. 238-243 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 244-249 The Library
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Heretics (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 250-251 Altgeld of Illinois, by Waldo R. Browne
- Altgeld of Illinois by Waldo R. Browne
- The Last of the Heretics by Algernon Sidney Crapsey
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Hornswoggling the Rabble (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 252 Behind the Scenes in Politics, by Anonymous
- Behind the Scenes in Politics by Anonymous
- Die Kunst Der Massenbeeinflussung in den Vereinigtenstaaten von Amerika by Friedrich Schoenemann
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Philosophers as Liars (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 253-254 The Philosophy of "As If", by Hans Vaihinger
- The Philosophy of "As If" by Hans Vaihinger
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Brief Notes (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 255 Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw
- Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
- Re-Creating Human Nature by Charles W. Hayward
- Roosevelt, Prophet of Unity by Hermann Hagedorn
- Nosography by Knud H. Faber
- Evolution: The Way of Man by Vernon L. Kellogg
- The Real John Burroughs by William Sloane Kennedy
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-274
November 1924 Issue - 27 Articles- On Doing the Right Thing
Albert Jay Nock
, pp. 257-262 - Jesus and His Biographers
Alphonse B. Miller
, pp. 263-269 - The Uninvited
Thomas Boyd
, pp. 270-274 - Politician: Female
James M. Cain
, pp. 275-278 - The Liberty Bell
Henry J. Ford
, pp. 279-284 - Americana, pp. 285-289
- Editorial, pp. 290-292
- The Biology of Population Growth
Raymond Pearl
, pp. 293-305 - The Shroud of Color
Countee P. Cullen
, pp. 306-308 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 309-317 - The Umbilical Cord
William Seagle
, pp. 318-324 - Nantucket
Walter Prichard Eaton
, pp. 325-328 - The Wood Alcohol Bugaboo
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 329-332 - The New Outlook in Weather Forecasting
Charles Fitzhugh Talman
, pp. 333-334 - Teaching the Young to Think
D.W. Fisher
, pp. 335-336 - William Kidd, Gentleman
Homer H. Cooper
, pp. 337-346 - More Work for Uplifters
James Stevens
, pp. 347-352 - The Hammer of Heretics
R.F. Dibble
, pp. 353-359 - Aesthetics
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 360-365 A Palaver
- Malaria
Thomas J. LeBlanc
, pp. 366-371 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 372-377 The Library
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Tusitala (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 378-379 The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Rosaline Masson
- The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Rosaline Masson
- An Intimate Portrait of R.L.S. by Lloyd Osbourne
- Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Marvels from Vienna (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 380 The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics, by Paul Kammerer
- The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics by Paul Kammerer
- Sigmund Freud: His Personality, His Teaching and His School by Fritz Wittels
- Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego by Sigmund Freud
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud
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Paradise Lost (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 381 The Wines of France, by H. Warner Allen
- The Wines of France by H. Warner Allen
- A Practical Guide to French Wines by William Bird
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Barbary in Europe (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 382 The Man Lenin, by Isaac Don Levine
- The Man Lenin by Isaac Don Levine
- My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen
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Brief Notices (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 383 Critical Epochs in History, by D.C. Somervell
- Critical Epochs in History by D.C. Somervell
- Origins of Sociology by Albion W. Small
- With Aesop Along the Black Border by Ambrose E. Gonzales
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-402
December 1924 Issue - 26 Articles- The Christian Statesman
Edgar Lee Masters
, pp. 385-398 - The Grammarian
John McClure
, pp. 399-402 - Trial by Jury
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 403-410 - Americana, pp. 411-419
- Editorial, pp. 420-422
- Therapeutic Thaumaturgy
Arthur J. Cramp
, pp. 423-430 - Congressional Letters
Hilton Butler
, pp. 431-437 - High Dignitaries of State
James M. Cain
, pp. 438-442 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 443-450 - Conclusion
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 451-458 - Modern Infantry
Elbridge Colby
, pp. 459-464 - As Latin America Sees Us
Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 465-471 - The Burden of the Cross
Don C. Seitz
, pp. 472-474 - A Whitman Manuscript
Emory Holloway
, pp. 475-480 - Why Go to College?
Richard Burton
, pp. 481-487 - This Being an Immigrant
George A. Schreiner
, pp. 488-493 - Varieties of Homo Sapiens
D.W. Fisher
, pp. 494-498 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 499-504 The Library
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Two Journalists (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 505-506 Memoirs of an Editor, by Edward P. Mitchell
- Memoirs of an Editor by Edward P. Mitchell
- Eugene Field's Creative Years by Charles Henry Dennis
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Mark Twain on Himself (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 507 Mark Twain's Autobiography, by Mark Twain
- Mark Twain's Autobiography by Mark Twain
- Reprints
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, p. 508 -
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Anthologies (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 509 The Modern Student's Book of English Literature, by Harry Morgan Ayres, Will David Howe...
- The Modern Student's Book of English Literature by Harry Morgan Ayres, Will David Howe, and Frederick Morgan Padelford, ...
- Sixty Years of American Humor by Joseph L. French
- The Best Sermons of 1924 by Joseph Fort Newton
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Cabell (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 509 Straws and Prayer-Books, by James Branch Cabell
- Straws and Prayer-Books by James Branch Cabell
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Brief Notices (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 510 Beggars of Life, by Jim Tully
- Beggars of Life by Jim Tully
- How to Keep Well by Andrew F. Currier
- David Wilmot, Free-Soiler by Charles Buxton Going
- Primitive Religion by Robert H. Lowie
- The Nature of Love by Emmanuel Berl
- Lions 'n' Tigers 'n' Everything by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume III, pp. 512-530
January 1925 Issue - 28 Articles- The Master Minds
Frank R. Kent
, pp. 1-8 - The Worthless Woman Triumphs
R. Le Clerc Phillips
, pp. 9-13 - Wreck
Winifred Sanford
, pp. 14-19 - Old Days on the World
Walt McDougall
, pp. 20-28 - Americana, pp. 29-36
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
C. Hartley Grattan
, pp. 37-41 - A Saloon-Keeper's Son
B.J. Agnew
, pp. 42-47 - Santa Barbara Has a Fiesta
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 48-55 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 56-60 - Lichee-Nut Poems
Edgar Lee Masters
, pp. 61-62 - Jefferson Out of Harness
Paul Wilstach
, pp. 63-68 - The American Cuisine
Burton Kline
, pp. 69-71 - The Dentist as a Physician
Alfred Asgis
, pp. 72-75 - Why Is There Less Tuberculosis?
James A. Tobey
, pp. 76-78 - Folk-Tunes as Materials for Music
John C. Cavendish
, pp. 79-82 - Homo Africanus
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 83-89 - Out of the Land of Egypt
John Pentifer
, pp. 90-95 - School Days in the Snow
Thomas J. Le Blanc
, pp. 96-100 - Nebraska
Gretchen Lee
, pp. 101-104 - A Charming Mexican Lady
Muna Lee
, pp. 105-108 - Davy Crockett
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 109-115 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 116-121 The Library
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Crime and Punishment (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 122 The Criminal as a Human Being, by George S. Dougherty
- The Criminal as a Human Being by George S. Dougherty
- Murder and Its Motives by F. Tennyson Jesse
- Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow
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A Wholesaler in Jerusalem (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 123 Forty Years in Newspaperdom, by Milton A. McRae
- Forty Years in Newspaperdom by Milton A. McRae
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A Butterfly of Yesterday (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 124 Clyde Fitch and His Letters, by Montrose J. Moses and Virginia Gerson
- Clyde Fitch and His Letters by Montrose J. Moses and Virginia Gerson
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Stevenson Again (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 125 Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Biography, by John A. Steuart
- Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Biography by John A. Steuart
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Brief Notices (5 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 126-127 Leaves from a Russian Diary, by Pitirim A. Sorokin
- Leaves from a Russian Diary by Pitirim A. Sorokin
- Modern Russian History by Aleksandr A. Kornilov
- Fragments from My Diary by Maxim Gorky
- Leonid Andreyev: A Critical Study by Alexander Kaun
- The Romance of New Russia by Magdeleine Marx
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-136
February 1925 Issue - 23 Articles- Up from Methodism
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 129-135 - The Monroe Doctrine
Charles C. Thach
, pp. 136-142 - Above Paradise
James Branch Cabell
, pp. 143-150 - Americana, pp. 151-157
- Editorial, pp. 158-160
- John Peter Altgeld
Edgar Lee Masters
, pp. 161-174 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 175-179 - A Glance at the Mexicans
Owen P. White
, pp. 180-187 - Ladies of Affairs
H.M. Hofford
, pp. 188-192 - Towers
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 193-195 - The Drug Addict
Robert A. Schless
, pp. 196-198 - Walt Whitman Neologisms
Louise Pound
, pp. 199-201 - George Moore at Work
Barrett H. Clark
, pp. 202-209 - Of Mountains
Leonora Speyer
, pp. 210-214 - Sales Resistance Stiffens
J.R. Sprague
, pp. 215-220 - Golden Wedding
Ruth Suckow
, pp. 221-231 - Finger-Prints
John Nicholas Beffel
, pp. 232-236 - Subscription Sets
Milton Waldman
, pp. 237-243 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 244-249 The Library
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Joseph Pulitzer (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 250-251 Joseph Pulitzer: His Life and Letters, by Don C. Seitz and Joseph Pulitzer
- Joseph Pulitzer: His Life and Letters by Don C. Seitz and Joseph Pulitzer
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Homo Sapiens (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 252 What is Man?, by J. Arthur Thomson
- What is Man? by J. Arthur Thomson
- The Character of Races by Ellsworth Huntington
- Studies in Human Biology by Raymond Pearl
- Racial Realities in Europe by Lothrop Stoddard
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Babbitt als Philosoph (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 253-255 The Economic Wages of Sin, by Lahman Forrest Bower
- The Economic Wages of Sin by Lahman Forrest Bower
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-274
March 1925 Issue - 26 Articles- The Damn Fool Democrats
Arthur Krock
, pp. 257-262 - Memories of a Cartoonist
Walt McDougall
, pp. 263-269 - Saving Souls in New York
Stanley Walker
, pp. 270-277 - Speculations on Hatred
Major Greenwood
, pp. 278-285 - Editorial, pp. 286-288
- James Fenimore Cooper
Fred Lewis Pattee
, pp. 289-297 - Americana, pp. 298-304
- The Career of an Artist
Alvin F. Harlow
, pp. 305-313 - Play a Waltz
David Merrill Anderson
, pp. 314-318 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 319-322 - Strange News from Texas
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 323-330 - The Fountain of Spiritualism
Patrick Kearney
, pp. 331-336 - The Song-Maker of a Continent
Luis Munoz Marin
, pp. 337-338 - Central Park
Elbert Peets
, pp. 339-341 - A Note on History and Race
Robert H. Lowie
, pp. 342-343 - When Washington Tried Isolation
William E. Dodd
, pp. 344-352 - Junk
Walter Prichard Eaton
, pp. 353-357 - The Passing of the Gangster
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 358-367 - On Learning Foreign Languages
Max Eastman
, pp. 368-371 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 372-377 The Library
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Max vs. the Microbe (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 378-379 Public Health Administration and the Natural History of Disease in Bal, by William Trav...
- Public Health Administration and the Natural History of Disease in Bal by William Travis Howard
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The Schoolmarm's Goal (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 380 The Social Objectives of School English, by Charles S. Pendleton
- The Social Objectives of School English by Charles S. Pendleton
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What is Style? (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 381 The Genius of Style, by William C. Brownell
- The Genius of Style by William C. Brownell
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Sweet Stuff (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 382 Six Days of the Week, by Henry Van Dyke
- Six Days of the Week by Henry Van Dyke
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Brief Notices (9 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 383 A History of the English People in 1815, by Elie Halevy
- A History of the English People in 1815 by Elie Halevy
- Women and Leisure: A Study of Social Waste by Lorine Pruette
- The Evolution of American Political Parties by Edgar Eugene Robinson
- The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
- The United States and the Philippines by Daniel R. Williams
- Everywhere: The Memoirs of an Explorer by A. Henry Savage-Landor
- Some Victorian Men by Harry Furniss
- Weber and Fields by Felix Isman
- The Negro in South Carolina During the Reconstruction by Alrutheus Ambush Taylor
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-400
April 1925 Issue - 32 Articles-
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Review The History and Literature of Christianity fro... (3 Reviews) , pp. 164-384 - The History and Literature of Christianity from Tertullian to Boethius by Pierre de Labriolle
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton ("Sam Slick") by V.L.O. Chittick
- The Shakespearean Enigma and an Elizabethan Mania by John F. Forbis
- Creating Reputations, Ltd.
Oswald Garrison Villard
, pp. 385-389 - Adventures among Union Men
G. Frederic Pelham, Jr.
, pp. 390-392 - Servants of the People
James M. Cain
, pp. 393-398 - The New York of the Salons
James L. Ford
, pp. 399-403 - The Devil is a Woman
Alice Mary Kimball
, pp. 404-410 - The Psychopathology of Business
Carl Dreher
, pp. 411-416 - Americana, pp. 417-423
- The Hound of Heaven
Robert L. Duffus
, pp. 424-432 - Pos as a Critic
George E. De Mille
, pp. 433-440 - The Sorcerer
Julia Peterkin
, pp. 441-447 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 448-452 - The Heirs of Bolivar
Ernesto Montenegro
, pp. 453-458 - The New Immigration Law
J.G. Wilson
, pp. 459-461 - Heart Disease
James A. Tobey
, pp. 462-464 - Stravinsky as a Symptom
Daniel Gregory Mason
, pp. 465-468 - The Second War for Independence
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 469-475 - The Bewildered American
William Orton
, pp. 476-479 - A Boy in Idaho
James Stevens
, pp. 480-488 - Instinct as a Guide to Food
Benjamin Harrow and Casimir Funk
, pp. 489-494 - Testimonies
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 495-498 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 499-504 The Library
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The Conrad Wake (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 505-506 Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance, by Ford Madox Ford
- Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford
- Tales of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad
- The Shorter Tales of Joseph Conrad by Joseph Conrad
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"Arrowsmith" (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 507-508 Arrowsmith, by Sinclair Lewis
- Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
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A New England Worthy (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 509-510 Barrett Wendell and His Letters, by M.A. DeWolfe Howe and Barrett Wendell
- Barrett Wendell and His Letters by M.A. DeWolfe Howe and Barrett Wendell
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume IV, pp. 512-546
- Editorial Notes
- Progress in Knowledge
Check List of New Books
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The Fine Arts (8 Reviews) - Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford
- Gaston Lachaise by A.E. Gallatin
- Polychromy by Leon V. Solon
- The Masters of Modern Art by Walter Pach
- Musical Laughs by Henry T. Finck
- Oriental Forerunners of Byzantine Painting by James H. Breasted
- The Nature, Practice and History of Art by Harold Van Buren Magonigle
- Charles Fraser by Alice R. Huger Smith and D.E. Huger Smith
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Folk-Lore Paul Bunyan, by Esther Shephard (4 Reviews) - Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard
- Legends of Texas by J. Frank Dobie
- Folk-Songs of the South by John Harrington Cox
- Roll and Go by Joanna C. Colcord
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Reference Books Reprints A Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern En... (4 Reviews) - A Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Ernest Weekley
- A Bibliography of the Writings of Carl Van Vechten by Scott Cunningham
- The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan
- Red by Carl Van Vechten
May 1925 Issue - 31 Articles- The Pestilence of Fanaticism
James A. Reed
, pp. 1-7 - Modern Conquistadores
William McFee
, pp. 8-16 - Hell along the Border
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 17-23 - Chiropractic
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 24-29 - The Pastor
James M. Cain
, pp. 30-34 - Americana, pp. 35-40
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
C. Hartley Grattan
, pp. 41-45 - Mary Fisher's Philosophy
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 46-56 - The Art of the Perfumer
Henry Tetlow
, pp. 57-58 - The Uniform Laws Craze
John Hemphill
, pp. 59-61 - This ain't the Waldorf
Gregory Mason
, pp. 62-67 - The New History
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 68-76 - Congressional Pie
Hilton Butler
, pp. 77-81 - A Study in Manners
Albert Jay Nock
, pp. 82-88 - Devil Anse
R.F. Dibble
, pp. 89-94 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 95-97 - Jewelry
Louis Untermeyer
, pp. 98-101 - Music Critics
Harry B. Smith
, pp. 102-108 - Why I Live Abroad
Lawrence J. Thomson
, pp. 109-115 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 116-121 The Library
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Woes of a 100% American (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 122-123 The New Barbarians, by Wilbur C. Abbott
- The New Barbarians by Wilbur C. Abbott
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Fiction (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 124-125 R.F.D. No. 3, by Homer Croy
- R.F.D. No. 3 by Homer Croy
- The Spring Flight by Lee J. Smits
- Backfurrow by G.D. Eaton
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The Infancy of the Race (3 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 126-127 Human Origins: A Manual of Prehistory, by George Grant MacCurdy
- Human Origins: A Manual of Prehistory by George Grant MacCurdy
- Prehistoric Man by Jacques J. DeMorgan
- The Earth Before History by Edmond Perrier
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-154
- Editorial Notes
Check List of New Books
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Biography History Sociology (11 Reviews) - Sainte-Beuve by Lewis Freeman Mott
- John Donne: A Study in Discord by Hugh l'Anson Fausset
- Life and Times of Warren G. Harding by Joe Mitchell Chapple
- Twice Thirty by Edward W. Bok
- Troubadour by Alfred Kreymborg
- American Economic History by Harold Underwood Faulkner
- A History of Minnesota by William Watts Folwell
- Studies in Mid-Victorian Imperialism by C.A. Bodelsen
- The Scientific Study of Human Society by Franklin Henry Giddings
- Races, Nations and Classes by Herbert Adolphus Miller
- Farm Life Abroad by E.C. Branson
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Criticism Tradition and Jazz, by Fred Lewis Pattee (3 Reviews) - Tradition and Jazz by Fred Lewis Pattee
- Critical Ventures in Modern French Literature by Arnold Whitridge
- Buried Caesars by Vincent Starrett
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Geography and Travel North America, by J. Russell Smith (4 Reviews) - North America by J. Russell Smith
- Fujiyama, the Sacred Mountain of Japan by Frederick Starr
- Among the Brahmins and Pariahs by J.A. Sauter
- Meek Americans by Joseph Warren Beach
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Translations The Theatre Dangerous Acquaintances, by Choderlos de Laclos (4 Reviews) - Dangerous Acquaintances by Choderlos de Laclos
- The Twelve Books of Epigrams by Martial
- Representative Plays by Henry Arthur Jones by Clayton Hamilton and Henry Arthur Jones
- The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann by Gerhart Hauptmann
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Quackery Health Via Nature, by Harry Finkel (2 Reviews) - Health Via Nature by Harry Finkel
- Freedom Through Right Thinking by Lewis C. Strang
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Fiction Selwood of Sleepy Cat, by Frank H. Spearman (7 Reviews) - Selwood of Sleepy Cat by Frank H. Spearman
- The Western Shore by Clarkson Crane
- Angeline of the Hill Country by Cordia Greer-Petrie
- Mr. Collin Is Ruined by Frank Heller
- Tongues of Fire, and Other Sketches by Algernon Blackwood
- Old Hurricane by Julia A. Flisch
- The Bishop's Granddaughter by Robert Grant
June 1925 Issue - 35 Articles- The Many-Sired Lincoln
J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton
, pp. 129-135 - The Uplift Hits the Army
An Army Officer
, pp. 136-141 - The Grand Inquest of the County
H. Rob. Keeble
, pp. 142-146 - Rowdy Days on Newspaper Row
Walt McDougall
, pp. 147-153 - The Lower Learning
Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 154-159 - Chocolate Sponge
Emily Clark
, pp. 160-162 - Americana, pp. 163-168
- Anniversary
Eleanor Clarage
, pp. 169-174 - Politics in the Revolution
Clarence Walworth Alvord
, pp. 175-182 - The Art of Bumming a Meal
Henri Tascheraud
, pp. 183-187 - The Modern Maecenas
Suzanne La Follette
, pp. 188-193 - The Interior of the Lincoln Memorial
Elbert Peets
, pp. 194-195 - New Facts About Cancer
Waro Nakahara
, pp. 196-198 - The Business-Getter
Beverly Waugh Smith
, pp. 199-201 - The Czech Language in America
J.B. Dudek
, pp. 202-207 - Glimpses of a Golden Age
John Allen Krout
, pp. 208-214 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 215-218 - Service in the Cotton Mills
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 219-223 - Billy the Kid
Harvey Fergusson
, pp. 224-231 - The Medicine Show
Thomas J. LeBlanc
, pp. 232-237 - More Lichee-Nut Poems
Edgar Lee Masters
, pp. 238-239 - Notes for a History of the Klan
Ward Greene
, pp. 240-243 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 244-249 The Library
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Spreading the Kingdom (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 250-251 Christian Missions and Oriental Civilizations, by Maurice T. Price
- Christian Missions and Oriental Civilizations by Maurice T. Price
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Four Critics of Letters (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 252-253 Mammonart, by Upton Sinclair
- Mammonart by Upton Sinclair
- The Newer Spirit by Victor F. Calverton
- Studies from Ten Literatures by Ernest A. Boyd
- Art Principles in Literature by Francis P. Donnelly
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An American Saga (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 254-255 Paul Bunyan, by James Stevens
- Paul Bunyan by James Stevens
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-282
- Editorial Notes
- Notes and Queries
Check List of New Books
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Sociology (6 Reviews) - Sex and Civilization by Paul Bousfield
- Child Marriages by Mary E. Richmond and Fred S. Hall
- The Challenge of Childhood by Ira S. Wile
- On the Trail of the Bad Men by Arthur Train
- These United States by Ernest Gruening
- Youth in Conflict by Miriam Van Waters
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Essays Conduct of Life, by Benedetto Croce (5 Reviews) - Conduct of Life by Benedetto Croce
- The Faith of a Liberal by Nicholas Murray Butler
- The Freeman Book
- Impressions and Comments: Third Series, 1920-1923 by Havelock Ellis
- Like Summer's Cloud by Charles S. Brooks
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The Sciences Medicine, by M.G. Seelig (4 Reviews) - Medicine by M.G. Seelig
- Callinicus: A Defence of Chemical Warfare by J.B.S. Haldane
- Outline of Psychology by William McDougall
- The Problem of Atlantis by Lewis Spence
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Criticism The Life, Diplomatic Career and Literary Activ... (4 Reviews) - The Life, Diplomatic Career and Literary Activities of Nicolas Germain Leonard by William Moseley Kerby
- Highways of Canadian Literature by J.D. Logan and Donald G. French
- William Blake in This World by Harold Bruce
- Literature and Revolution by Leon Trotsky
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Public Affairs Biography History Our Debt and Duty to the Farmer, by Henry C. W... (8 Reviews) - Our Debt and Duty to the Farmer by Henry C. Wallace
- Patriotism Is Not Enough by John Haynes Holmes
- The Story of the University of Chicago, 1890-1925 by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
- Leon Trotsky: The Portrait of a Youth by Max Eastman
- The Life of William Cobbett by George D.H. Cole
- The Letters of Olive Schreiner, 1876-1920 by S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner and Olive Schreiner, ...
- The Lessons of History by Charles S. Leavenworth
- Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade by Henri Pirenne
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Poetry Once in a Blue Moon, by Marion Strobel (3 Reviews) - Once in a Blue Moon by Marion Strobel
- Selected Poems by W.H. Davies
- Poems for Youth by William Rose Benet
July 1925 Issue - 33 Articles- Making a Wreck of the Veteran
William Edler
, pp. 257-262 - Bright Eyes
Jim Tully
, pp. 263-269 - Ballads of Kit Carson
Stanley Vestal
, pp. 270-272 - Jacques Loeb
Paul De Kruif
, pp. 273-279 - Allie
Winifred Sanford
, pp. 280-284 - War Paint
Henry Tetlow
, pp. 285-290 - The Cavalry of Tomorrow
E.L.M. Burns
, pp. 291-296 - Americana, pp. 297-302
- Napoleon Breaks Thomas Jefferson
William E. Dodd
, pp. 303-313 - Lemon Pie
Gregory Mason
, pp. 314-319 - Dakota
Ellen Du Pois Taylor
, pp. 320-328 - The Wit of the Carpenter
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 329-336 - The Domination of Literature
John McClure
, pp. 337-339 - Principle in Foreign Policy
Leland H. Jenks
, pp. 340-342 - E Pluribus Unum
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 343-351 - Clinical Notes
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
, pp. 352-355 - American Politics
Yua-Ling Chin
, pp. 356-362 A Chinese View
- The Curve of Sin
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 363-367 - The Passenger Stiff
Henri Tascheraud
, pp. 368-371 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 372-377 The Library
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The Pedagogue at Work (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 378 Forum Papers: Second Series, by Charles Robert Gaston
- Forum Papers: Second Series by Charles Robert Gaston
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Learning How to Blush (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 379-381 The Conscience of the Newspaper, by Leon Nelson Flint
- The Conscience of the Newspaper by Leon Nelson Flint
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New Fiction (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 382-383 The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Barren Ground by Ellen Glasgow
- The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
- Sea Horses by Francis Brett Young
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-418
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Criticism (5 Reviews) - Edith Wharton by Robert Morss Lovett
- James Gibbons Huneker by Benjamin De Casseres
- Poets of America by Clement Wood
- Mrs. Meynell and Her Literary Generation by Anne Kimball Tuell
- Some Aspects of Modern Poetry by Alfred Noyes
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The Sciences A Course in Philosophy, by George Perrigo Conger (4 Reviews) - A Course in Philosophy by George Perrigo Conger
- Man and His Affairs by Walter N. Polakov
- Ethics: In Theory and Application by Horatio W. Dresser
- Language: A Linguistic Introduction to History by J. Vendryes
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History A Knight's Life in the Days of Chivalry, by Wa... (2 Reviews) - A Knight's Life in the Days of Chivalry by Walter Clifford Meller
- History of the Byzantine Empire by Charles Diehl
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Translations Essays Utopia, by Thomas More (4 Reviews) - Utopia by Thomas More
- The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette
- What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
- The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf
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The Fine Arts The Theatre Wilhelm Speyer, by Edward Speyer (10 Reviews) - Wilhelm Speyer by Edward Speyer
- The Modern Tendency in American Painting by Catherine Beach Ely
- Opera and Its Stars by Mabel Wagnalls
- Chinese Art by Roger E. Fry
- Laughing Anne and One Day More by Joseph Conrad
- Representative Plays by John Galsworthy
- Acting and Play Production by Harry Lee Andrews and Bruce Weirick
- Processional by John Howard Lawson
- Dramatic Values by C.E. Montague
- Glamour: Essays on the Art of the Theatre by Stark Young
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Biography Public Affairs A Player Under Three Reigns, by Johnston Forbe... (8 Reviews) - A Player Under Three Reigns by Johnston Forbes-Robertson
- The Life of Casanova from 1774 to 1798 by Mitchell S. Buck
- Vondel by Adriaan J. Barnouw
- Byron by Ethel Colburn Mayne
- Jesus as Others Saw Him by Joseph Jacobs
- College by John Palmer Gavit
- Book of Business Standards by J. George Frederick
- Vocational Self-Guidance by Douglas H. Fryer
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Foreign Affairs Geography and Travel Alfonso XIII Unmasked, by Vicente Blasco Ibanez (6 Reviews) - Alfonso XIII Unmasked by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
- Manchuria: A Survey by Adachi Kinnosuke
- In an Unknown Land by Thomas Gann
- Magellan by Arthur S. Hildebrand
- The Shadows of the Gloomy East by Ferdinand A. Ossendowski
- Mont Blanc by G.W. Young
August 1925 Issue - 35 Articles- Salesmanship
Clarence Darrow
, pp. 385-392 - Bringing in the Millennium
Charles Fiske
, pp. 393-399 - Steel
Joseph Auslander
, pp. 400-402 - A Man of learning
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 403-407 - The Legend of Roger Baldwin
Robert L. Duffus
, pp. 408-414 - Unshapely Things
Francis Hackett
, pp. 415-419 - Shafter
Owen P. White
, pp. 420-427 - Americana, pp. 428-433
- Musings of an Inebriated Historian
Clarence Walworth Alvord
, pp. 434-441 - Shrines of Opportunity
George A. Scott
, pp. 442-447 - Barrett Wendell
Walter Prichard Eaton
, pp. 448-455 - Tissue Transplantation
Waro Nakahara
, pp. 456-457 Real and Bogus
- American Sociology in 1925
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 458-462 - Hired Men
Mary Alden Hopkins
, pp. 463-467 - Muzzling Editors in Haiti
Arthur Ruhl
, pp. 468-471 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 472-476 - San Francisco
Idwal Jones
, pp. 477-484 An Elegy
- A Note on Breakfasts
Carl Van Vechten
, pp. 485-488 - The First Families of Oklahoma
Stanley Vestal
, pp. 489-494 - Notes & Queries, pp. 495-498
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 499-504 The Library
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Osler (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 505-506 The Life of Sir William Osler, by Harvey Cushing
- The Life of Sir William Osler by Harvey Cushing
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Novels Good and Bad (4 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 507-509 God's Stepchildren, by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- God's Stepchildren by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- That Nice Young Couple by Francis Hackett
- Harvest in Poland by Geoffrey Dennis
- Replenishing Jessica by Maxwell Bodenheim
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Other Biographies (7 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 510 Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record, by Jean Jacques Brousson
- Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by Jean Jacques Brousson
- Brigham Young by M.R. Werner
- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet by John Donald Wade
- John L. Sullivan: An Intimate Narrative by Roy F. Dibble
- Bare Souls by Gamaliel Bradford
- Seventy Years of Life and Labor by Samuel Gompers
- The Life of Thomas Hardy by Ernest Brennecke, Jr.
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume V, pp. 512-538
- Editorial Notes
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History (9 Reviews) - Selections from the Correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918 by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge
- The History of American Idealism by Gustavus Myers
- Early Days Among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians by John E. Seger
- Since Lenin Died by Max F. Eastman
- London Life in the Eighteenth Century by M. Dorothy George
- The Reign of the Pirates by Archibald S. Hurd
- China and Europe by Adolf Reichwein
- The Salem Witch Trials by W.N. Gemmill
- Napoleon and Josephine by Walter Geer
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Biography Washington Irving, Esquire, by George S. Hellman (12 Reviews) - Washington Irving, Esquire by George S. Hellman
- Notes of My Youth by Pierre Loti and Samuel Viaud
- Don Jose de San Martin ,1778-1850 by Anna Schoellkopf
- Walter von Molo by Franz Camillo Munck
- Moses Montefiore by Paul Goodman#2
- Southern Pioneers in Social Interpretation by Howard W. Odum
- Robert E. Lee, the Soldier by Frederick Maurice
- Bursting Bonds by William Pickens
- The Queen of Cooks---and Some Kings by Mary Lawton
- Since Leaving Home by Albert Wehde
- Roda Rodas Roman by Roda Roda
- My Flight from Siberia, 1907 by Leon Trotsky
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Criticism The Life and Poems of Nicholas Grimald, by Le ... (4 Reviews) - The Life and Poems of Nicholas Grimald by Le Roy Merrill and Nicholas Grimald
- Umar Khayyam and His Age by Otto Rothfield
- Henry Thoreau: Bachelor of Nature by Leon Bazalgette
- Horace and His Art of Enjoyment by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
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Public Affairs Politics and Welfare, by John Calvin Brown (4 Reviews) - Politics and Welfare by John Calvin Brown
- The Suburban Trend by Harlan Paul Douglass
- Publicity by Ivy L. Lee
- The Historical Foundations of the Law Relating to Trade-Marks by Frank I. Schechter
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The Sciences Concerning the Nature of Things, by William H.... (3 Reviews) - Concerning the Nature of Things by William H. Bragg
- Rational Diet by Otto Carque
- Social Psychology by Floyd Henry Allport
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Poetry The Home Book of Modern Verse, by Burton Egber... (4 Reviews) - The Home Book of Modern Verse by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Hill Fragments by Madeline Mason-Manheim
- Fantasy and Other Poems by Roydon Burke
- The Drums of Yle by J.U. Nicolson
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Quackery The Power of a Symbol, by Lee Alexander Stone (6 Reviews) - The Power of a Symbol by Lee Alexander Stone
- The Greater Revelation by Katharine Evans von Klenner
- The More Abundant Life by William Marcus Taylor
- Revelation of Man by Jutta Bell-Ranske
- In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
- The Mystery of Sleep by John Bigelow
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Reprints Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, by... (3 Reviews) - Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice by Luther S. Cushing
- The Collected Essays and Papers of George Saintsbury, 1875-1920 by George E.B. Saintsbury
- The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe by Sherwin Cody and Edgar Allan Poe
September 1925 Issue - 32 Articles- American Marriage
Mary Austin
, pp. 1-6 - Jasbo Brown
Dubose Heyward
, pp. 7-9 - The Shadow Maker
George Sterling
, pp. 10-19 - The Forest Fire
Winifred Sanford
, pp. 20-24 - Why I Live in America
Jacques LeClercq
, pp. 25-31 - Americana, pp. 32-38
- The Walter Hines Page Legend
C. Hartley Grattan
, pp. 39-51 - The Hero
James M. Cain
, pp. 52-57 - Walt Whitman and Italian Music
Louise Pound
, pp. 58-63 - Gravesend Bay
Giuseppe Cautela
, pp. 64-66 - Pictures in the Papers
Walt McDougall
, pp. 67-73 - Keeping the Puritans Pure
A.L.S. Wood
, pp. 74-78 - Jim the Penman
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 79-84 - Alabama
Sara Haardt
, pp. 85-91 - The Poison of Good Taste
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 92-93 - An Enquiry into the Ecology of Homo Sapiens Linnaeus
Emmett Reid Dunn
, pp. 94-98 - A Prairie Town
James Stevens
, pp. 99-106 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 107-110 - Notes & Queries, pp. 111-115
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 116-121 The Library
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A Reverend Novelist (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 122-123 The Love Complex, by Thomas Dixon
- The Love Complex by Thomas Dixon
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The Historian and His Job (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 124-125 The New History and the Social Studies, by Harry Elmer Barnes
- The New History and the Social Studies by Harry Elmer Barnes
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The English Language (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 126-127 Words and Idioms, by Logan Pearsall Smith
- Words and Idioms by Logan Pearsall Smith
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-154
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History (4 Reviews) - Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist by Dunbar Rowland and Jefferson Davis
- The Growth of the United States by Ralph Volney Harlow
- Financial History of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company by J. Warren Stehman
- Ireland by Stephen L. Gwynn
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The Sciences A Geographical Introduction to History, by Luc... (5 Reviews) - A Geographical Introduction to History by Lucien Febvre
- The Decline of Man by Stanton A. Coblentz
- Heredity in Nervous and Mental Disease by Lewellys F. Barker
- The Conquest of Cancer by Henry W.S. Wright
- Elements of Physical Biology by Alfred J. Lotka
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Criticism Newman as a Man of Letters, by Joseph J. Reilly (Review) - Newman as a Man of Letters by Joseph J. Reilly
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Sociology Public Questions The Distribution of Physicians in the United S... (5 Reviews) - The Distribution of Physicians in the United States by Lewis Mayers and Leonard V. Harrison
- The Child, the Clinic and the Court by Jane Addams
- Security Against War by Frances Kellor and Antonia Hatvany
- Our Governmental Machine by Schuyler C. Wallace
- The Supercity by Robert Russ Kern
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Reprints The Gold-Headed Cane, by William Macmichael (4 Reviews) - The Gold-Headed Cane by William Macmichael
- Edmund Burke: A Historical Study by John Morley
- A King's Lessons in Statecraft by Louis XIV
- A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants by Hubert Languet
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Essays Travel The Heritage of Greece and the Legacy of Rome,... (2 Reviews) - The Heritage of Greece and the Legacy of Rome by E.B. Osborn
- Original Letters from India, 1779-1815 by Eliza Fay
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Fiction Brave Earth, by Alfred T. Sheppard (3 Reviews) - Brave Earth by Alfred T. Sheppard
- The Harp by Ethelreda Lewis
- The Old Woman of the Movies, and Other Stories by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
October 1925 Issue - 33 Articles- Self-Conscious America
Sinclair Lewis
, pp. 129-139 - Ballad of the Swabs
George Sterling
, pp. 140-141 - The Lion-Tamer
Jim Tully
, pp. 142-146 - The Edwardses and the Jukeses
Clarence Darrow
, pp. 147-157 - Editorial, pp. 158-160
- Love Affair
James Stevens
, pp. 161-166 - Americana, pp. 167-172
- When We Get in with Nice People
Thyra Samter Winslow
, pp. 173-183 - An Army of Amateurs
An Army officer
, pp. 184-189 - Hymn to an Oasis
Arthur O'Dane
, pp. 190-196 - Schools of Journalism Today
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 197-199 - The Decay of the Cook
Jacques LeClercq
, pp. 200-203 - The Color Line
Melville J. Herskovits
, pp. 204-208 - Prairie Fire
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 209-214 - The Gunmen of Diplomacy
Michael Vreeland
, pp. 215-222 - The Metaphysician
John McClure
, pp. 223-225 - A Christian Country
William Seagle
, pp. 226-233 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 234-237 - Notes & Queries, pp. 238-242
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 243-248 The Library
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The Gland School (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 249-250 The Crystal Cup, by Gertrude Atherton
- The Crystal Cup by Gertrude Atherton
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Poetry (29 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 251-253 The Book of Earth, by Alfred Noyes
- The Book of Earth by Alfred Noyes
- The New Spoon River by Edgar Lee Masters
- A Lover of the Land, and Other Poems by Frederick Niven
- The Last Judgment by George E. Curran
- Drei Balladen by Alfons Paquet
- Poems by Oliver Wells
- Basic Aims by Charles Blamfield
- The Sunny Side of Life by James Harvey Spencer
- Funeralities by Peggy Bacon
- Cosmen---Exiles by John G. Jury
- Will-o'-the-Wisp by Dorothy Dow
- Poems by Charles Wells Russell
- Rickety Rimes of Riq by Richard Tupper Atwater
- Sonata, and Other Poems by John Erskine
- Dionysus in Doubt by Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Wasted by Kathryn Peck
- Lyrics to the Olympian Deities by Jamus Jay
- A Poetry Recital by James Stephens
- A Harp in the Winds by Daniel MacIntyre Henderson
- Truth and Music by Allan Dowling
- Rangeland Melodies by E. Richard Shipp
- Collected Poems of H.D. by Hilda Doolittle
- Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Conrad Aiken and Emily Dickinson
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
- Song of the Broad-Axe by Walt Whitman
- Later Poems by William Butler Yeats
- A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse by Lennox Robinson
- The Best Poems of 1924 by Thomas Moult
- An Anthology of Pure Poetry by George Moore
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Frank Harris Again (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 254-255 My Life and Loves, by Frank Harris
- My Life and Loves by Frank Harris
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-294
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Criticism (5 Reviews) - Restoring Shakespeare by Leon Kellner
- The Literature of the Middle Western Frontier by Ralph L. Rusk
- Crackerbox Philosophers in American Humor and Satire by Jennette R. Tandy
- Theodore Dreiser by Burton Rascoe
- Origins of Poe's Critical Theory by Margaret Alterton
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Public Affairs The Isles of Fear, by Katherine Mayo (7 Reviews) - The Isles of Fear by Katherine Mayo
- America and World Peace by John Hessin Clarke
- Some Aspects of Adultery by Ralcy Husted Bell
- Appeal to Americans: Republic Reforms by Desha Denton
- Civic Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross
- Wages and the Family by Paul H. Douglas
- The Children's Bureau by James A. Tobey
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History The Story of Man's Work, by William R. Hayward... (6 Reviews) - The Story of Man's Work by William R. Hayward and Gerald W. Johnson
- From President to Prison by Ferdinand A. Ossendowski
- Perseus; or, Of Dragons by H.F. Scott Stokes
- H. W. M. by H.W. Massingham
- Lysistrata, or Woman's Future and Future Woman by Anthony M. Ludovici
- Hypatia, or Woman and Knowledge by Dora W.B. Russell
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The Fine Arts The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spr... (3 Reviews) - The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward by Thomas Francis Carter
- Arnold Schoenberg by Egon Wellesz
- The House that Love Built by W. Francklyn Paris
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The Sciences Chimpanzee Intelligence and Its Vocal Expressi... (3 Reviews) - Chimpanzee Intelligence and Its Vocal Expression by Robert M. Yerkes and Blanche W. Learned
- Lefthandedness by Beaufort Sims Parson
- The Science of Biology by George G. Scott
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Translations Reprints Three Plays of Plautus, by F.A. Wright, H. Lio... (7 Reviews) - Three Plays of Plautus by F.A. Wright, H. Lionel Rogers, and Plautus
- History of Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost
- The Epic of the Beast by William Rose
- The Book of Ranks and Dignities by Clement Shorter
- Progress and Poverty by Henry George
- The Philosophy of Music by William Pole
- Count Lucanor by Prince Don Juan Manuel
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Fiction Caravan, by John Galsworthy (18 Reviews) - Caravan by John Galsworthy
- Life Begins To-Morrow by Guido da Verona
- Cabriba by Mulla Hanaranda
- The Rector of Maliseet by Leslie Reid
- My Lady Lee by Edith Ballinger Price
- Kunala by Arpad Ferenczy
- The Monarch by Pierre Mille
- Points of Honor by Thomas Boyd
- Perissa by S.P.B. Mais
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- Pontifex Maximus by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
- '49: A Novel of Gold by George W. Cronyn
- Gold by Gold by Herbert S. Gorman
- Professor by Stanley Johnson
- The Cactus by Charles Chadwick
- Young Mrs. Cruse by Viola Meynell
- Fortune's Yellow by Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer
- Sturly by Pierre Custot
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Miscellaneous Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, by Edwar... (6 Reviews) - Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases by Edward Fraser and John Gibbons
- Webster's Poker Book, Glorifying America's Favorite Game by Harold T. Webster
- Barber Shop Ballads, and How to Sing Them by Sigmund Spaeth
- A Manual of Style by David H. Stevens
- American Poetry and Prose by Norman Foerster
- Akiba by Marcus Lehmann
November 1925 Issue - 33 Articles- The Pathology of Service
James M. Cain
, pp. 257-264 - The Collapse of Kentucky
W.G. Clugston
, pp. 265-271 - Reed of Missouri
Samuel W. Tait, Jr.
, pp. 272-279 - Coney
Giuseppe Cautela
, pp. 280-285 - Editorial, pp. 286-288
- Fremont and Jessie
Robert L. Duffus
, pp. 289-297 - Untamed
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 298-303 - Americana, pp. 304-309
- The Negro as a Workingman
Kelly Miller
, pp. 310-313 - Will Canada Ever Come in?
William Arthur Deacon
, pp. 314-321 - Eddie Guest
Leonard Cline
, pp. 322-327 Just Glad
- The Jazz Bugaboo
H.O. Osgood
, pp. 328-329 - A Peruvian Iconoclast
Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 330-332 - Czech Surnames in America
J.B. Dudek
, pp. 333-336 - Florida
L.F. Chapman
, pp. 337-342 - The Cree
Thomas J. LeBlanc
, pp. 343-348 - The Strange Case of Poe
Joseph Wood Krutch
, pp. 349-356 - Philadelphia's Johnny Inkslingers
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 357-362 - Rhymes of Gay Thomas
John McClure
, p. 363 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 364-367 - Notes & Queries, pp. 368-372
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 373-378 The Library
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Fiction Good and Bad (8 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 379-380 Suspense, by Joseph Conrad
- Suspense by Joseph Conrad
- Dark Laughter by Sherwood Anderson
- The Professor's House by Willa Cather
- The Perennial Bachelor by Anne Parrish
- Firecrackers by Carl Van Vechten
- The Prairie by Walter J. Muilenburg
- The White Oxen, and Other Stories by Kenneth Burke
- The Grace of Lambs by Manuel Komroff
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Genesis vs. Sense (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 381-383 Can a Man Be a Christian Today?, by William Louis Poteat
- Can a Man Be a Christian Today? by William Louis Poteat
- The Earth Speaks to Bryan by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-426
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The Sciences (3 Reviews) - Almost Human by Robert M. Yerkes
- Pediatrics of the Past by John Ruhrah
- Prometheus by H.S. Jennings
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History A History of Europe from the Reformation to th... (3 Reviews) - A History of Europe from the Reformation to the Present Day by Ferdinand Schevill
- Foundations of Christianity by Karl Kautsky
- Them Was the Days by Owen P. White
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Public Affairs The British Empire, by Albert Demangeon (6 Reviews) - The British Empire by Albert Demangeon
- Bryan and Darrow at Dayton by Leslie H. Allen
- The Economic Consequences of Sterling Parity by John Maynard Keynes
- Social Pathology by Stuart Alfred Queen and Delbert Martin Mann
- The Follies of the Courts by Leigh H. Irvine
- The Future by A.M. Low
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Criticism Biography The Modern Ibsen: A Reconsideration, by Herman... (5 Reviews) - The Modern Ibsen: A Reconsideration by Hermann J. Weigand
- American and British Literature Since 1890 by Carl Van Doren and Mark Van Doren
- Skin for Skin by Llewelyn Powys
- The Days I Knew by Lillie Langtry
- Modeling My Life by Janet Scudder
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Quackery Education Travel The Medical Follies, by Morris Fishbein (6 Reviews) - The Medical Follies by Morris Fishbein
- Proceedings Against Lewis C. Strang by Lewis C. Strang
- The Correction of Speech Defects by Helen M. Peppard
- Educational Frontiers by Scott Nearing
- My African Neighbors by Hans Coudenhove
- The Gay City by Arthur Phillips
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Fiction Rose and Witch and Other Stories, by Mimei Ogawa (8 Reviews) - Rose and Witch and Other Stories by Mimei Ogawa
- The Pencilled Frown by James Gray
- Walls of Fire by Marc Worth
- The Thousand and Second Night by Frank Heller
- Red Ashes by Margaret Pedler
- Gambrinus, and Other Stories by Aleksandr I. Kuprin
- Eclipse by S.P.B. Mais
- Highland Annals by Olive Tilford Dargan
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Miscellaneous Representative American Dramas: National and L... (10 Reviews) - Representative American Dramas: National and Local by Montrose J. Moses
- My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen
- Playwrights of the New American Theater by Thomas H. Dickinson
- The Process and Practice of Photo-Engraving by Harry A. Groesbeck, Jr.
- A Bibliography of the Writings of D. H. Lawrence by Edward D. McDonald
- Laxdaela Saga by Anonymous
- Fairy Tales for Workers' Children by Hermynia Zur Muhlen
- The Handbook of American Private Schools by Porter Sargent
- Medical Education: A Comparative Study by Abraham Flexner
- The House of Madame Teller, and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant
December 1925 Issue - 35 Articles- The Biology of Health
Raymond Pearl
, pp. 385-392 - Contact Men
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 393-397 - Convention
Theodore Dreiser
, pp. 398-408 - The Congressional Record
Hilton Butler
, pp. 409-414 - The Triumph of the Cigarette
Carl Avery Werner
, pp. 415-421 - Editorial, pp. 422-424
- Men of Art
Thomas Craven
, pp. 425-432 American Style
- Americana, pp. 433-438
- Boston Twilight
Charles Angoff
, pp. 439-444 - Gentlemen of the Beach
K.C. McIntosh
, pp. 445-450 - The Father of Them All
Ernest Boyd
, pp. 451-458 - Anthropology in the United States Today
Pliny E. Goddard
, pp. 459-460 - The Leprosy Problem
H.W. Wade
, pp. 461-463 - The People of the Woods
Lee J. Smits
, pp. 464-469 - A Confederate Pepys
Gamaliel Bradford
, pp. 470-478 - What the French Think of Us
T.S. Wauchope
, pp. 479-486 - Mutations among Americans
Carl Van Vechten
, pp. 487-489 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 490-493 - Notes & Queries, pp. 494-499
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 500-505 The Library
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Books About Music (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 506 A Musical Critic's Holiday, by Ernest Newman
- A Musical Critic's Holiday by Ernest Newman
- A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman
- String Quartet Playing by M.D. Herter Norton
- The Book of American Negro Spirituals by James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson, and Lawrence Brown, ...
- The Negro and His Songs by Howard W. Odum and Guy Benton Johnson
- Music of the Past by Wanda Landowska
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The Next War (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 507-508 The Great Pacific War, by Hector C. Bywater
- The Great Pacific War by Hector C. Bywater
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The English Novel (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 509-510 Christina Alberta's Father, by H.G. Wells
- Christina Alberta's Father by H.G. Wells
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume VI, pp. 512-558
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Biography (8 Reviews) - Edgar Allan Poe Letters Until Now Unpublished by Mary Newton Stanard and Edgar Allan Poe
- Parnell by St. John G. Ervine
- The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekhov by S.S. Koteliansky, Philip Tomlinson, and Anton Chekhov, ...
- Renoir: An Intimate Record by Ambroise Vollard
- An Old-Fashioned Senator by Harris Dickson
- Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Giles Saltus
- What I Have Seen and Heard--- by J.G. Swift MacNeill
- Wives by Gamaliel Bradford
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History A Short History of Spain, by Henry Dwight Sedg... (6 Reviews) - A Short History of Spain by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
- Social Classes in Post-War Europe by Lothrop Stoddard
- The Taming of the Frontier by Duncan Aikman
- Three Master Builders and Another by Pelham H. Box
- The Story of Textiles by Perry Walton
- Released for Publication by Oscar King Davis
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The Sciences The Social Theory of Georg Simmel, by Nicholas... (6 Reviews) - The Social Theory of Georg Simmel by Nicholas J. Spykman
- The Morphology and Evolution of the Apes and Man by Charles F. Sonntag
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- Science and Religion by J. Arthur Thomson
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January 1926 Issue - 33 Articles- The People of Moronia
Eleanor Rowland Wembridge
, pp. 1-7 - Bread
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
, pp. 8-9 - An Investment for the Future
Ruth Suckow
, pp. 10-21 - Return, p. 22
- A Glance at the Fathers
Harry Elmer Barnes
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- The Technique of Suppression
William Seagle
, pp. 35-42 - Alabama, pp. 43-49
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Upton Sinclair
, pp. 50-54 - The Dilemma of American Music
Daniel Gregory Mason
, pp. 55-60 - Wobbly Talk
Stewart H. Holbrook
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Frances Densmore
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Douglas Boyd
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Robert L. Duffus
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Nannie H. Rice
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C. Hartley Grattan
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Herbert Asbury
, pp. 87-95 - What Price Freedom?
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 96-99 - Saved
Winifred Sanford
, pp. 100-103 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
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- The Theatre
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, p. 121 The Biology of Population Growth, by Raymond Pearl
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- What Evolution Is by George Howard Parker
- The Medal of Gold by William C. Edgar
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-154
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History (6 Reviews) - The English Language in America by George Philip Krapp
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- The Religion of Undergraduates by Cyril Harris
- Human Conduct and the Law by Mary C. Love
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February 1926 Issue - 31 Articles- Jefferson's Stepchildren
Arthur Krock
, pp. 129-135 - The Baptists
James D. Bernard
, pp. 136-146 - The Bret Harte Country
Idwal Jones
, pp. 147-153 - Two Sonnets of Discontent
Virginia Moore
, p. 154 - The Paralysis of the Press
Gaylord M. Fuller
, pp. 155-160 - The Cult of Beauty
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 161-168 - Alabama, pp. 169-174
- Ohio
Don Knowlton
, pp. 175-181 - The Inaugural of 1933
Oswald Garrison Villard
, pp. 182-186 - The New Englander
Harvey Fergusson
, pp. 187-195 - Aframerican, North and South
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 196-200 - Pot Au Feu
William Wallace Irwin
, p. 201 - The Defense in Modern War
E.L.M. Burns
, pp. 202-204 - Yiddish in American Life
Alter Brody
, pp. 205-207 - Guam
M.S. Lea
, pp. 208-213 - Portrait of a Pirate
Walter B. Lister
, pp. 214-219 - Joaquin Miller
George Sterling
, pp. 220-229 - Goudy
Robert O. Ballou
, pp. 230-234 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 235-238 - Notes & Queries, pp. 239-244
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, p. 251 A Scientific Man and the Bible, by Howard A. Kelly
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, pp. 254-255 The New Negro, by Alain Locke
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- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-302
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The Fine Arts Translations (5 Reviews) - Timotheus, or the Future of the Theatre by Bonamy Dobree
- Personalities in Art by Royal Cortissoz
- The Historie of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592 by William Rose
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- Drinks, Long and Short by Nina Toye
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- Business Power Through Psychology by Edgar James Swift
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- A History of Russia by S.F. Platonov
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- The Beginnings of History According to the Jews by Charles Prospero Fagnani
- The Platonism of Joachim du Bellay by Robert Valentine Merrill
- The Frightened Tree, and Other Stories by Veryl Broughton Tuttle
- Dai Nihon by Graham Martyr
- Real Puzzles by John Q. Boyer
- When the Movies Were Young by Linda A. Griffith
- California: All of It by Marshall Breeden
- Birth Control: Facts and Responsibilities by Adolf Meyer
- The Panchatantra by Arthur W. Ryder
- Psyche by Erwin Rohde
- Old Testament Heroes by Abram Lipsky
March 1926 Issue - 23 Articles- A New God for America
Herbert Parrish
, pp. 257-265 - Drugs
Logan Clendening
, pp. 266-272 - Newspaper Girls
Catharine Brody
, pp. 273-277 - Reality
Orrick Johns
, pp. 278-279 - Ritchie of the Free State
Hamilton Owens
, pp. 280-287 - Editorial, pp. 288-290
- Stephen Crane at College
Harvey Wickham
, pp. 291-297 - Americana, pp. 298-303
- Comedy and the American Spirit
Langdon Mitchell
, pp. 304-310 - Proposal for a Reform of the Orchestra
John Redfield
, pp. 311-316 - Utah
Bernard De Voto
, pp. 317-323 - The Lady with the Hatchet
James L. Dwyer
, pp. 324-331 - A Mendelian Dominant
Sara Haardt
, pp. 332-340 - Valley Forge
Isaac R. Pennypacker
, pp. 341-345 - Three Tales of Love
Mary Austin
, pp. 346-352 - The Renegade
John McClure
, pp. 353-355 - The Constitutional Trinity
Leland H. Jenks
, pp. 356-362 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 363-366 - Notes & Queries, pp. 367-372
- The Theatre
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, pp. 373-378 The Library
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, pp. 379-380 An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
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, pp. 381-383 Jefferson and Hamilton, by Claude G. Bowers
- Jefferson and Hamilton by Claude G. Bowers
- Jefferson and Monticello by Paul Wilstach
- Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 1812-1816 by Paul Wilstach, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-386
April 1926 Issue - 23 Articles- The Anatomy of Jazz
Henry Osborne Osgood
, pp. 385-395 - Halsted, pp. 396-401
- Ballads of the Old West
Stanley Vestal
, pp. 402-403 - The Retreat from Utopia
Harold MacGrath
, pp. 404-411 - The Unions Lose San Francisco
David Warren Ryder
, pp. 412-417 - Editorial, pp. 418-420
- The Methodists
James D. Bernard
, pp. 421-432 - Americana, pp. 433-439
- Indiana
Samuel W. Tait, Jr.
, pp. 440-447 - Literary Ladies of the South
Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 448-452 - Sentimentality
John McClure
, pp. 453-457 - Horses
James Stevens
, pp. 458-465 - Iowa Takes to Literature
Josephine Herbst
, pp. 466-470 - Journalism in Texas
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 471-478 - Hatrack
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 479-483 - The Liberator
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 484-491 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 492-494 - Notes & Queries, pp. 495-499
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 500-505 The Library
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Fiction Good and Bad (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 506-508 The Odyssey of a Nice Girl, by Ruth Suckow
- The Odyssey of a Nice Girl by Ruth Suckow
- Pig Iron by Charles G. Norris
- Mary Glenn by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- Siren by C. Kay Scott
- Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
- Andrew Bride of Paris by Henry Sydnor Harrison
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, pp. 509-510 Beethoven, by Paul Bekker
- Beethoven by Paul Bekker
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume VII, p. 512
May 1926 Issue - 36 Articles- On Learning to Play the 'Cello
Doris Stevens
, pp. 1-8 - The Swedes among Us
Nils F. Brown
, pp. 9-13 - Oklahoma Poets, pp. 14-17
- Major Prophets of Holy Kansas
Charles B. Driscoll
, pp. 18-26 - Diplomat
Sterling Upshur
, pp. 27-32 - Editorial, pp. 33-43
- Americana, pp. 44-49
- The Blue Spruce
Winifred Sanford
, pp. 50-53 - The Fathers at Work and Play
Harry Elmer Barnes
, pp. 54-60 - Sour Milk
Nicholas Kopeloff
, pp. 61-62 - The Band
John Redfield
, pp. 63-65 - The Plight of the Poet
Babette Deutsch
, pp. 66-68 - General Alexander Bradley
Edward A. Wieck
, pp. 69-74 - Diatribe upon a Manly Theme
Owen P. White
, pp. 75-78 - Anon Is Dead
Henry Seidel Canby
, pp. 79-84 - The Springfield Republican
Duncan Aikman
, pp. 85-92 - Quarry of the Godly
Stanley Walker
, pp. 93-99 - A Teacher in New York
Robert D. Starett
, pp. 100-103 - Go-Getters of the Main
Henry Tetlow
, pp. 104-109 - The Passing of the Free Editor
William Allen White
, pp. 110-112 - Notes & Queries, pp. 113-116
- The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 117-122 The Library
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, pp. 123-124 Is It God's Word?, by Joseph Wheless
- Is It God's Word? by Joseph Wheless
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A Hero of the Open Spaces (Review) H.L. Mencken
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- The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns
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The Literature of Sex (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 127 Hygiene of Sex, by Max von Gruber
- Hygiene of Sex by Max von Gruber
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
- Editorial Notes
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History (6 Reviews) - Our Times: The Turn of the Century, 1900-1904 by Mark Sullivan
- India by Valentine Chirol
- The United States and Mexico, 1821-1924 by J. Fred Rippy
- My New York by Mabel Osgood Wright
- The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg
- The Jesuit Relations, and Allied Documents by Edna Kenton
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Public Affairs Are the Jews a Race?, by Karl Kautsky (4 Reviews) - Are the Jews a Race? by Karl Kautsky
- The Economic Illusion by Arthur Bertram
- The Wheat Pit by Edward Jerome Dies
- Birth Control by John M. Cooper
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The Sciences Chemistry and Recent Progress in Medicine, by ... (2 Reviews) - Chemistry and Recent Progress in Medicine by Julius Stieglitz
- Sins of Science by Scudder Klyce
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The Fine Arts Old Masters and Modern Art, by Charles J. Holmes (3 Reviews) - Old Masters and Modern Art by Charles J. Holmes
- Bruce Rogers: Designer of Books by Frederic Warde
- The Art Guide to Philadelphia by Edward Longstreth
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Religion The Bible Unmasked, by Joseph Lewis (3 Reviews) - The Bible Unmasked by Joseph Lewis
- The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations by Walter Addison Jayne, M.D.
- The Psychology of Religious Mysticism by James H. Leuba
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Anthologies The Best Humor of 1925, by Nathan Dole and Har... (5 Reviews) - The Best Humor of 1925 by Nathan Dole and Harold S. Dole
- Essays of 1925 by Odell Shepard
- The Oxford Book of English Prose by Arthur Quiller-Couch
- A Book of Modern Essays by Bruce Welker McCullough and Edwin Berry Burgum, ...
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Travel Two Vagabonds in a French Village, by Jan Gord... (4 Reviews) - Two Vagabonds in a French Village by Jan Gordon and Cora Gordon
- The Dolomites by Gabriel Faure
- Glories of the Carolina Coast by James Henry Rice, Jr.
- Nice to Evian by the Route des Alpes by Henri Ferrand
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Biography The Adventures of an Illustrator, by Joseph Pe... (3 Reviews) - The Adventures of an Illustrator by Joseph Pennell
- Carlyle on Cromwell and Others, 1837-1848 by David Alec Wilson
- More Changes, More Chances by Henry W. Nevinson
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- Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
- Fig Leaves by Mildred Evans Gilman
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine
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June 1926 Issue - 22 Articles- The Eugenics Cult
Clarence Darrow
, pp. 129-137 - Ward McAllister
Moran Tudury
, pp. 138-143 - The Pathfinders
George Sterling
, pp. 144-147 - A Note on Priestcraft
Hilton Gregory
, pp. 148-154 - Editorial, pp. 155-157
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Emma Goldman
, pp. 158-166 - Alabama, pp. 167-172
- Delaware
Mauritz A. Hallgren
, pp. 173-179 - The Dilemma of Chemotherapy
L.M. Hussey
, pp. 180-182 - Symbolic Architecture
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 183-186 - Patent Office Magic-Medical
Arthur J. Cramp
, pp. 187-194 - Cloud-Capp'd Towers
Emily Clark
, pp. 195-199 - Notes on the Nation Cult
William Orton
, pp. 200-206 - The Negro Press
Eugene Gordon
, pp. 207-215 - The Canadian Literati
Fred Jacob
, pp. 216-221 - A Town in the Pines
M.S. Lea
, pp. 222-227 - Doyers Street
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 228-236 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 237-244 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 245-250 The Library
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Books of Verse (60 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 251-253 Two Lives, by William Ellery Leonard
- Two Lives by William Ellery Leonard
- Color by Countee Cullen
- The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
- Selected Poems by Chaim Nachman Bialik
- Pershing Square and Other Philosophy by Helen Runyon Belknap and Andor de Soos
- Sparks by E.H. Friberg
- Have It by John D. Graham
- Lost Hills by Anne Ryan
- January Garden by Melville Cane
- Each in His Time by Nathan Rosenbaum
- Dawn Boy by Eda Lou Walton
- Arclight Dusks by John Drury
- Romance and Stardust by Ernest Hartsock
- Along the Wind by Chard Powers Smith
- This Waking Hour by Leon Serabian Herald
- More "In American" Poems by John V.A. Weaver
- What the Queen Said, and Further Facetious Fragments by Stoddard King
- The Collected Works by John Masefield
- On the Thorny Road by A. Zimmerman
- Collected Poems by Vachel Lindsay
- Three Moods by Albert Glanville
- America's Light by Theodore C. Atchison
- Poems of the Southland by Sarah Banks Weaver
- Ballads and Lyrics by Margaret Widdemer
- Lava Lane, and Other Poems by Nathalia Crane
- The Little White Gate by Florence Hoatson
- Homage and Vision by Margaret Crosby Munn
- Drowsy Ones by Jay G. Sigmund
- Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs, and Trifles by Thomas Hardy
- Roan Stallion: Tamar, and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers
- Interludes by Lupton A. Wilkinson
- Episodes and Epistles by W.L.
- Collected Poems by Archibald H. Rutledge
- Golden Pheasant by Kathryn White Ryan
- Not Poppy by Virginia Moore
- Fiddler's Farewell by Leonora Speyer
- New Verse by Robert Bridges
- Reno Reveries by Leslie Curtis
- Selected Poems by Edgar Lee Masters
- Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Edward Doyle
- Slow Smoke by Lew Sarett
- You Who Have Dreams by Maxwell Anderson
- Poems by Irwin Edman
- White Fire by Grace Noll Crowell
- Dreams and Observations by Alden R. Benson
- The Tilted Cup by Mary F. Wickham Porcher
- Priapus and the Pool, and Other Poems by Conrad Aiken
- Vientos de las Sierras by S. Omar Barker
- Tiger Joy by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Unknown Goddess by Humbert Wolfe
- When I Grew Up to Middle Age by M. Struthers Burt
- The Long Gallery by Anne Goodwin Winslow
- The Road to Town by Charles Divine
- Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer
- West Virginia Verse of Today by Ella May Turner
- The Common Book of Poetry
- The Le Gallienne Book of American Verse by Richard Le Gallienne
- May Days by Genevieve Taggard
- The Best Poems of 1925 by Thomas Moult
- The Conning Tower Book by Franklin P. Adams
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, pp. 254-255 The Love Nest, and Other Stories, by Ring W. Lardner
- The Love Nest, and Other Stories by Ring W. Lardner
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-258
July 1926 Issue - 31 Articles- The Fundamentalist Pope
Stanley Walker
, pp. 257-265 - Daniel Boone
Clarence Walworth Alvord
, pp. 266-270 - Mann of Town Topics
Robert R. Rowe
, pp. 271-280 - The California Literati
George P. West
, pp. 281-286 - Editorial, pp. 287-289
- Arkansas
Clay Fulks
, pp. 290-295 - Alabama, pp. 296-301
- The Dismal Sauger
James Stevens
, pp. 302-307 - The Lutherans
Eldor Paul Schulze
, pp. 308-316 - The Bungalow
Oscar Lewis
, pp. 317-318 - The Bootlegger and His Forerunners
Bart Park
, pp. 319-321 - Mid-America Revisited
Waldo Frank
, pp. 322-326 - The End of Eclecticism
Morris Fishbein
, pp. 327-333 - The Hobo Hits the Highroad
Thomas F. Healy
, pp. 334-338 - Dry Sunday in Connecticut
Josephine Herbst
, pp. 339-344 - Origins of the American Mind
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 345-354 - Whitman in Camden
Dane Yorke
, pp. 355-362 - Staten Island
Mildred Evans Gilman
, pp. 363-368 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 369-371 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 372-378 The Library
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The Origins of Variations (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 379-380 Malignancy and Evolution, by Morley Roberts
- Malignancy and Evolution by Morley Roberts
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Sandburg's "Lincoln" (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 381 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, by Carl Sandburg
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg
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, pp. 382-383 The Mauve Decade, by Thomas Beer
- The Mauve Decade by Thomas Beer
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-404
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The Sciences (4 Reviews) - Mongrel Virginians by Arthur H. Estabrook and Ivan E. McDougle
- The Relation of Nature to Man in Aboriginal America by Clark Wissler
- Nervous and Mental Disorders from Birth Through Adolescence by Bernard Sachs and Louis Hausman
- The Great Abnormals by Theo. B. Hyslop
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Public Affairs Dependent America, by William C. Redfield (5 Reviews) - Dependent America by William C. Redfield
- Isvolsky and the World War by Friedrich Stieve
- Pegasus, or Problems of Transportation by J.F.C. Fuller
- Economics: Principles and Problems by Lionel D. Edie
- The Conquest of the Philippines by the United States, 1898-1925 by Moorfield Storey and Marcial P. Lichauco
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Biography After the Ball: Forty Years of Melody, by Char... (3 Reviews) - After the Ball: Forty Years of Melody by Charles K. Harris
- Anatole France at Home by Marcell LeGoff
- In Quest of the Soul of Civilization by Hagop Bogigian
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Essays The Meadows, by John C. Van Dyke (3 Reviews) - The Meadows by John C. Van Dyke
- Things that Have Interested Me by Arnold Bennett
- Hellas: Travels in Greece by George M. Brandes
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Criticism The Modern Novel, by Elizabeth A. Drew (4 Reviews) - The Modern Novel by Elizabeth A. Drew
- Swinburne by Harold G. Nicolson
- Herman Melville by John Freeman
- Notorious Literary Attacks by Albert Mordell
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Translations Broadway Translations: Tibetan Tales, by C.A.F... (2 Reviews) - Broadway Translations: Tibetan Tales by C.A.F. Rhys Daniels
- Catullus: The Complete Poems by F.A. Wright and Catullus
August 1926 Issue - 29 Articles- Grover Cleveland
Edgar Lee Masters
, pp. 385-397 - The Ballad of the Gallows-Bird
Edwin Markham
, pp. 398-407 - An Adventure in Georgia
Charles F. Pekor, Jr.
, pp. 408-413 - Editorial, pp. 414-416
- Chicago: An Obituary
Samuel Putnam
, pp. 417-425 - Americana, pp. 426-431
- Is the Race Going Downhill?
William Monroe Balch
, pp. 432-438 - Brother Benjamin Abbott
Herbert Asbury
, pp. 439-444 - Procedural Reform and the Supreme Court
Charles E. Clark
, pp. 445-448 - The New Washington
Elbert Peets
, pp. 449-452 - Cathay on the Coast
Idwal Jones
, pp. 453-460 - Commencement
Sara Haardt
, pp. 461-467 - Explorations in the Y. W. C. A.
Catharine Brody
, pp. 468-472 - A Glance at the Public Schools
Chester T. Crowell
, pp. 473-480 - Missouri
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Royce B. Howes
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October 1926 Issue - 33 Articles- The Episcopalians
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November 1926 Issue - 36 Articles- Art
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