August 1923 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

- A Cursory View of Swearing
  John Macy
  , pp. 593-599
- Clocks
  Alter Brody
  , p. 600
- The Parody Outline of Literature
  Rupert Hughes
  , pp. 601-603
  IX. Circe and Ulysses
- Rossetti on the Cornish Coast
  Arthur Symons
  , pp. 604-608
- Lucretius and the Motion Picture
  Pierre Loving
  , pp. 609-610
- Shelley's Grandson and Some Others
  Elinor Wylie
  , pp. 611-612
- Robertson Nicoll---Evangelical Humanist
  W. Douglas Mackenzie
  , pp. 613-616
- The Strange Companion
  Malcolm Cowley
  , p. 617
- The Londoner
  Simon Pure
  , pp. 618-623
- The Poems of the Month
  Babette Deutsch
  , pp. 624-625
- The Literary Spotlight
  Anonymous
  , pp. 626-630
  XXI. John Farrar
- Mountains
  Scudder Middleton
  , p. 631
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  To See or Not to See (2 Reviews)
  John Farrar
  , pp. 632-636
  Plays and Motion Pictures of the Month
  1. The Ragged Edge (1923 Film) by F. Harmon Weight
  2. Enemies of Women (1923 Film) by Alan Crosland
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  The Bookman's Guide to Fiction (61 Reviews) , pp. 637-639
  Prize Stories of 1922, by Blanche Colton Williams
  1. Prize Stories of 1922 by Blanche Colton Williams
  2. Minglestreams by Jane Abbott
  3. West of the Water Tower by Homer Croy
  4. Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
  5. The Soul of Abe Lincoln by Bernie Babcock
  6. The Scudders by Irving Bacheller
  7. The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey
  8. The Box of Spikenard by Ethel Boileau
  9. The Village by Ivan Bunin
  10. One of Ours by Willa Cather
  11. The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley
  12. The Riddle, and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare
  13. The Master Breed by Francis Dickie
  14. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
  15. Flaming Youth by Warner Fabian
  16. Exterior to the Evidence by J.S. Fletcher
  17. Ramshackle House by Hulbert Footner
  18. The Doom Dealer by David Fox
  19. The Woman of the Horizon by Gilbert Frankau
  20. Faint Perfume by Zona Gale
  21. The Middle of the Road by Philip Gibbs
  22. My Friend from Limousin by Jean Giraudoux
  23. Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey
  24. Unfinished Tales from a Russian Prison by Marguerite E. Baker Harrison
  25. The Missing Man by Mary R.P. Hatch
  26. Tomorrow About This Time by Grace Livingston Hill
  27. After All by George F. Hummel
  28. Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
  29. White Lightning by Edwin Herbert Lewis
  30. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  31. Under a Thousand Eyes by Florence Bingham Livingston
  32. Fifty-Fifty by A. Neil Lyons
  33. According to Gibson by Denis Mackail
  34. Without Conditions by Agnes Mure Mackenzie
  35. The Debutante by Edna Walker Malcoskey
  36. Walter of Tiverton by Bernard Marshall
  37. The Day's Journey by W.B. Maxwell
  38. Mr. and Mrs. Sen by Louise Jordan Miln
  39. Where the Blue Begins by Christopher Morley
  40. Trodden Gold by Howard Vincent O'Brien
  41. Wet Clay by Seumas O'Kelly
  42. The Mystery Road by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  43. The Manuscript of Youth by Diana Patrick
  44. The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler
  45. The Singing Wells by Roland Pertwee
  46. Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty
  47. The City of Lilies by Anthony Pryde and R.K. Weekes
  48. The Return of Frank Clamart by Henry C. Rowland
  49. The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
  50. Miss Minerva on the Old Plantation by Emma Speed Sampson
  51. Sinbad by C. Kay Scott
  52. Cordelia the Magnificent by Leroy Scott
  53. Ponjola by Cynthia Stockley
  54. The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories by Booth Tarkington
  55. His Children's Children by Arthur Train
  56. Baroque by Louis Joseph Vance
  57. The Cathedral by Hugh Walpole
  58. The Desert Horizon by E.L. Grant Watson
  59. The Affair at Flower Acres by Carolyn Wells
  60. Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells
  61. A Gentleman of Sorts by Everett Young
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  The Book of the Month (Review)
  Walter Prichard Eaton
  , pp. 640-641
  Contemporary American Plays, by Arthur Hobson Quinn
  1. Contemporary American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn
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  A Shelf of Recent Books (4 Reviews) , p. 642
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    Three Statesmen on the War (3 Reviews)
    Charles Seymour, T.R. Coward, and Maurice Francis Egan, ...
    , p. 642
    1. As We See It by Rene Viviani
    2. The Decadence of Europe by Francesco S. Nitti
    3. The World Crisis, 1911-1918 by Winston Churchill
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    Sports and Such (7 Reviews)
    T.R. Coward
    , pp. 643-644
    1. Singles and Doubles by William T. Tilden, 2nd
    2. Motor Campcraft by F. Everet Brimmer
    3. Autocamping by F. Everet Brimmer
    4. Vacation on the Trail by Eugene Davenport
    5. Roughing It Smoothly by Elon Jessup
    6. The Outdoorsman's Handbook by Hy. S. Watson and Capt. Paul A. Curtis, Jr.
    7. So This Is Golf! by Harry Leon Wilson
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    Victorian Memories (Review)
    Maurice Francis Egan
    , pp. 645-646
    1. De Senectute by Frederic Harrison
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    Indian Rhythms (Review)
    Llewellyn Jones
    , p. 647
    1. The American Rhythm by Mary Austin
- From the Parthenon I Learn
  Willard Wattles
  , p. 648
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  Recent Books in Brief Review (35 Reviews) , p. 649
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    Review The New Boswell, by R.M. Freeman (Review) , p. 649
    1. The New Boswell by R.M. Freeman
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    Review The Hobo, by Nels Anderson (Review) , p. 649
    1. The Hobo by Nels Anderson
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    Review Georgian Poetry, 1920-1922, (Review) , p. 649
    1. Georgian Poetry, 1920-1922
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    Review Our American Adventure, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Review) , p. 649
    1. Our American Adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle
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    Review The Ideals of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward H.... (Review) , p. 650
    1. The Ideals of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward H. Cotton
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    Review Landmarks in French Literature, by Lytton Stra... (Review) , p. 650
    1. Landmarks in French Literature by Lytton Strachey
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    Review Joys of the Road, by Waldo R. Browne (Review) , p. 650
    1. Joys of the Road by Waldo R. Browne
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    Review Redeeming Old Homes, by Amelia Leavitt Hill (Review) , p. 651
    1. Redeeming Old Homes by Amelia Leavitt Hill
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    Review The Drama of Sinn Fein, by Shaw Desmond (Review) , p. 651
    1. The Drama of Sinn Fein by Shaw Desmond
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    Review The Burgess Flower Book for Children, by Thorn... (Review) , p. 651
    1. The Burgess Flower Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess
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    Review Egypt---Old and New, by Percy F. Martin (Review) , p. 651
    1. Egypt---Old and New by Percy F. Martin
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    Review On Reading, by Georg Brandes (Review) , p. 651
    1. On Reading by Georg Brandes
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    Review Walkers, by Hazel Hall (Review) , p. 652
    1. Walkers by Hazel Hall
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    Review West and East, by Clare Sheridan (Review) , p. 652
    1. West and East by Clare Sheridan
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    Review The Evolution and Progress of Mankind, by Herm... (Review) , p. 652
    1. The Evolution and Progress of Mankind by Hermann Klaatsch and Adolf Heilborn
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    Review Poetical Works, by Joaquin Miller and Stuart P... (Review) , p. 653
    1. Poetical Works by Joaquin Miller and Stuart P. Sherman
  17. [+]
    Review Things That Have Interested Me, by Arnold Bennett (Review) , p. 653
    1. Things That Have Interested Me by Arnold Bennett
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    Review Maine Coast, by Wilbert Snow (Review) , p. 653
    1. Maine Coast by Wilbert Snow
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    Review The Glory of the Pharaohs, by Arthur Weigall (Review) , p. 653
    1. The Glory of the Pharaohs by Arthur Weigall
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    Review Louise Imogen Guiney: Her Life and Works, 1861... (Review) , p. 653
    1. Louise Imogen Guiney: Her Life and Works, 1861-1920 by Eva Mabel Tenison
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    Review Things That Are Mine, by Scottie McKenzie Frasier (Review) , p. 654
    1. Things That Are Mine by Scottie McKenzie Frasier
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    Review Letters of a Business Woman to Her Daughter, b... (Review) , p. 654
    1. Letters of a Business Woman to Her Daughter by Zora Putnam Wilkins
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    Review Ambling Through Acadia, by Charles Hanson Towne (Review) , p. 654
    1. Ambling Through Acadia by Charles Hanson Towne
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    Review The Wisdom of Balzac, by Harry Rickel (Review) , p. 654
    1. The Wisdom of Balzac by Harry Rickel
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    Review Poems from "Life", by Oliver Herford (Review) , p. 655
    1. Poems from "Life" by Oliver Herford
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    Review Parodies on Walt Whitman, by Henry S. Saunders (Review) , p. 655
    1. Parodies on Walt Whitman by Henry S. Saunders
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    Review Man and Culture, by Clark Wissler (Review) , p. 655
    1. Man and Culture by Clark Wissler
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    Review The Feet of the Messenger, by Yehoash (Review) , p. 655
    1. The Feet of the Messenger by Yehoash
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    Review People and Politics, by Solomon Bulkley Griffin (Review) , p. 656
    1. People and Politics by Solomon Bulkley Griffin
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    Review Tennyson: A Modern Portrait, by Hugh l'Anson F... (Review) , p. 656
    1. Tennyson: A Modern Portrait by Hugh l'Anson Fausset
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    Review London in Seven Days, by Arthur Milton (Review) , p. 656
    1. London in Seven Days by Arthur Milton
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    Review Paris in Seven Days, by Arthur Milton (Review) , p. 656
    1. Paris in Seven Days by Arthur Milton
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    Review Mark Twain's Speeches, by Albert Bigelow Paine... (Review) , p. 657
    1. Mark Twain's Speeches by Albert Bigelow Paine and Mark Twain
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    Review Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity, by Alexandre... (Review) , p. 657
    1. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by Alexandre Kuprin
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    Review Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol (Review) , p. 657
    1. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
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  The Editor Recommends--- (6 Reviews)
  J.F.
  , pp. 658-660
  Through the Wheat, by Thomas Boyd
  1. Through the Wheat by Thomas Boyd
  2. West of the Water Tower by Homer Croy
  3. Family by Wayland Wells Williams
  4. Within These Walls by Rupert Hughes
  5. The Editorials of Henry Watterson by Henry Watterson
  6. An Outlaw's Diary, Part I: Revolution by Cecile Tormay
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, p. 661
- In the Bookman's Mail, pp. 662-664
  Letters from Raph. Kreemers and "R.M."
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  Foreign Notes and Comment (3 Items) , pp. 665-666
  1. Notes from France
    Pierre de Lanux
    , pp. 665-666
  2. Memoirs and a German Decameron
    Ethel Talbot Scheffauer
    , pp. 667-669
  3. Fundamentalists of the Fjords
    Allen W. Porterfield
    , pp. 670-672
- The Bookman's Literary Club Service, pp. 673-677
- The Gossip Shop
  Robert Horwood and Moran Tudury
  , pp. 678-688